Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest

If you're going to train for tri, a road bike would be much better than a hybrid. Again, not meaning any offense, triathletes aren't well known for their bike handling skills. A TT bike handles more like a road bike than either handle like a hybrids. Besides just training, you should be doing lots of handling drills, cornering, and the like. What you do on a road bike will mostly carry over, and it will bring up your confidence, too. As you realize how safe a road bike is, that should make you feel safer on the bike leg at the Iron Man.