Originally Posted by Waldo
The Dual Sports are excellent high-performance hybrids. It should excel for your described usage. Stop with the buyer's remorse and go ride it.
That's good to know, Waldo!
My LBS just started carrying Gary Fisher bikes this year (although he's an "old line" Trek dealer), and I am looking for that type of bike...flat bar, wide 700c wheels (with stays to match for such tires as my Nokian Hakkapellitas!),
disc brakes! 
, just enough suspension to take the "sting" out of corrugated ice patches and moonscape pavement!!
...that type of thing!
The Trek "FX" series bikes don't fit--the cockpit's too cramped if I can find a frame I can 'stand over"!
The "Sirrus" disc
and the Trek 520 both have tire "fit" problems ( Really "big" or "fat" 700c tires such as the Hakkas don't fit!). And..sometimes...I just don't want to ride a "city bike"...even in winter (that's why I bought the Hakkas!).
And..above all...the "Sugar" 29-ers are just too much bike for commuting...even in the winter! (Front suspension can be useful for winter traction, but a "dually" would be overkill. And, thief bait!!
)
I'll have to go in soon, and hope there are some available for test rides. If one fits...how about Bike #20....!
