"For a while"? I sold my Sirrus just last week actually

To be fair, I didn't realize what I was purchasing when I bought the thing was a "hybrid". I didn't even know there were such things as hybrids. I purchased the bike to suit my needs and desires and as those changed, I rode the bike less.

We should be buying bikes based upon what we want out of the bike and not what some marketing campaign tells us the bike is about. I have yet to see any real "hybrid" that I would consider both a great road bike and a great mountain bike. Lots of hybrids are just "mountain bikes" that the manufacturer has put slick road tires on, or "road bikes" that manufacturers have put upright bars on anyways.

We're all too tied up in labeling these bikes. I never understood the point of this forum. Most of the discussion is recreation or mechanic related anyways.