Originally Posted by
irclean
To me the Revel looks like a serious entry-level MTB made for single-track and not a bike meant to primarily see road duty.
You'll see more messengers on MTBs than hybrids. Bikes sold as MTBs are usually built tough and agile and these are good things in any bike. There aren't really any design features of a hardtail MTB that make it less road worthy than a bike sold as a hybrid.
That said, googling on the Revel found this
http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16250219
- not very encouraging.
Also: didn't someone recently post that Walmart are selling the Crosstrail for much less under their own brand name??? From what I remember that was a hell of a deal.