Originally Posted by twodownzero

I never said it had to be "road bike or bust," so you're arguing with a straw man.
The modern road bike really ought to be called what it is, a "racing" bicycle. The geometry is twitchy, aero, stiff, and fast.
My touring bike replaced my hybrid. I have no use for a hybrid anymore after owning it. I commute on it as well. It is comfortable, more upright than a road bike but not up in the wind like a hybrid, lighter than my hybrid, durable, and fast enough for my purposes. YMMV.

Originally Posted by Shuffleman

In your first post, you stated "Once you have a more aero bike, you will have no use for a hybrid bicycle"
That sounds an awful lot like road bike or bust to me. My only point is that many people have use for a hybrid bike, including myself. I have no use for a touring bike but that does not mean that you do not have a use for it. We all have different reasons. Could I ride my mtb instead of my hybrid? Sure, but why? If am am just rolling around with the family it is more comfortable to ride for short distances and I have no problem leaving the bike in precarious positions. It is just my old 26er mtb with smaller road tires, fatter seat, raised bmx handlebars and a rigid fork. If it got stolen, I would be mad but it would not hurt me. If somebody stole my mtb or road bike, I would not take it so well from a replacement perspective or an anger perspective.
In the end, we all ride what we ride and enjoy things for different reasons. Just because you see no need for a hybrid it does not mean that others do not.