Originally Posted by
bobotech
...Interesting that Specialized migrated the Sequoia name from a hybrid in the nineties to the road bike in the 2000s. Really confuses people when they are trying to figure out the history of a bike.
SBI didn't market the early 1990's Sequoia as a hybrid. That was their Crossroads series. This Sequoia was marketed as a touring bicycle, as it had been previously, but with the substitution of a flat bar.
SBI's hybrids used compact frames with sloping top tubes, like their ATBs, while the Sequoia had a traditional frame with horizontal top tube. The Sequoia's geomtery was also slightly different with slightly longer chainstays and and a slightly steeper head tube with more rake. There were also some minor differences in components, such as gearing, to tailor them to their intended applications.