I got mine.. (Trek 7.2) when I went to go take a look at low end road bikes... and my wife came along and decided that it would be BETTER.. if 'WE'... didn't get a road-bike but 'we' got hybrid/comfort bikes... hers has 100ish miles.. mine has several thousand

It took 3 years and quite a lot of riding alone.. before I decided I wanted a road-bike.. I still have the 7.2. I have thought about selling it, but I am keeping it for reasons unknown.. I was leaning to 'put slicks and some kind of road-like bars'.. Now I am leaning in the "put max size off-road tires and find some trails to ride' either way its nice to be able to offer 'non-biking friends a decent come along ride..