After reading your first post, I felt like I was in the same boat as you. I am also an engineer. I have not been riding in 14 years and my wife and I just got 2010 7.3 FXs. I normally go crazy over analyzing ever possible choice before buying anything, and I think I did a lot of reading before buying. I guess I will have to see if I have the same experience as you. If I don’t think the hybrid was the right choice, at least I can say that the hybrid got be back into biking. I will ride it for a year or so, and upgrade if I need to. So do you ever ride you Trek anymore?