Recreational & Family - Bike

I currenty have a trek 1200 road bike. I don't think a road bike suits my riding style beacuse I like to look up at the scenery and get saw back from being bent over. Most of my riding is done on sealed bike paths and some on the road. My of the tracks I ride on have steep hills which are perfect for mountain bike.
I did have a mountian bike but it got stolen.

Would it be worth puting slicks on the mountain bike for road use?
Would it be worth considering a hybird bike?
I want clipless peadals on the bike. I have some road bike shoes from my trek 1200 I could use on the mountian bike?

I thought your mountain bike was stolen.

You say something about riding tracks up steep hills. Are these dirt tracks?

If you are riding primarily on bikepaths, then a hybrid is a good choice. These ride more comfortably than a mountain bike, but people ride all kinds of bikes on bikepaths. A hybrid is also good on hills (paved or bikepath hills) as they use pretty much the same gearing as a mountain bike.

How much riding do you plan to do? And how long will your rides be? 5 miles, 10 miles, 25 miles, 50 miles?

Do you like your TREK?
Have a look at the Trek 7.x FX line.
http://www2.trekbikes.com/bikes/subcategory.php?c=4&s=17

If he gets a sore back from being bent over, the Trek FX-series might not help a lot. Likewise if he wants to be looking up and enjoying the scenery. They are a bit more upright than a traditional road bike, and that may be enough to make a difference to the OP. But they are definitely more forward-leaning than the typical hybrid.

Just got done reading a book called BICYCLING BLISS by Portia Masterson. Buy it or check it out from the library. It won't tell you what bike to buy but it will give you some ideas on how to set one up for the type of riding that you want to do. It will also tell you how to get in a moderatly dynamic postion safely.

She points out that there are more reasons than just seeing scenery for maintaining the lordic curve in the lower back while riding.