My husband and I both have the Trek 7.3 FX's. Mine is the WSD. These were our beginning bike and we love them. Plenty of gears to get you up the hills, easy to ride and they are actually pretty fast. (hybrids/flat handle bars). We did go to our LBS together and they helped us tremedously on our choices. I bought my daughter and SIL used Treks for Christmas.....that is an option too.