All the FX line is more like a "roadified mtb" even the 7.9. They all have V brakes and 135 mm spaced dropouts, even the 7.9. It would be interesting to see Trek take, say, the 2.3 and put flat bars and trigger shifters with flat bar brake levers and make it what everyone kind of thinks the FX line is all about -- a road bike with flat bars.

I think the whole hybrid thing is a reaction to the dirtbike-a-zation of MTBs. And when the hybrid concept took off it was MTB based. They keep pushing it toward the Road bike. But it's still 60% MTB.

I didn't know much about bikes when I bought my 7.5. I thought it was a road bike with flat bars. After riding it for a while and loving it, I started to think I"d like a road bike proper, or to make my 7.5 more like a road bike. But I quickly learned that the 7.5 is a mountain bike without a suspension, not a road bike with flat bars.

That's OK, I really do like the 7.5. I just may have to have a road bike as well. That Trek 2.3 is calling my name.