or "Performance Hybrid"

Back in 2005-2006 Jamis came out with a Coda Supreme with reynolds 853 and carbon frame and carbon fork. Weighed like 20lbs. A real flat bar road bike. Road brake calipers, flat bars, long top tube, thin tires. I see them sometimes on sale used, so look out for them. Good buys. Cannondale's Quick line looks very nice.

The thing with these bikes is that that you quickly outgrow them. You want to go faster and faster and the only way to do that is to get in a aero position so drop bars on a real road bike is the natural progression one makes. We'll that's what happened to me. My first real bike was a performance hybrid Trek 7700 with Rolf Wheels, but after two years I realized I should have gotten a road bike. And you can't just slap on drop bars on Peformance hybrids b/c the top tube is way too long and the head tube is generally too high. It just wouldn't work fit wise.