Quote Originally Posted by wildhawk View Post
I have a hybrid and I am training for the MS150 next spring. I am curious why I see so many of you switching to road bikes and not riding centuries on hybrids. Is there something I should know about?
Riding the Hotter 'n Hell Hundred last weekend, I saw Folks riding just about every kind of bike... triathlon/TT bikes, road bikes of almost every flavor, hybrids, recumbents, tricycles, fixed-gears, mountain bikes, you name it. And they all made it through Hell's Gate, and on to the finish.

The best bike to ride is probably the bike you have, provided that you're comfortable and confident on that bike. I tend to use my road bike for these sorts of events, mostly to hang with the group I'm riding with, who are on road bikes... it's lighter and faster, takes less energy to motor along, and it's very comfortable. But I do my day to day riding and training on my steel tourer/commuters, and so when I move to the road bike, I feel like I can nearly fly ;-)

tom