Why is it "BS" for someone to have different preferences than you do? Manufacturers offer both kinds precisely because their customers have different preferences. It's no more BS for you to like suspension forks than for someone else not to. Some people like a mushy front end. Some don't. It's not a question of right and wrong.

[MENTION=377446]cobaltmom[/MENTION] - the more I read your list of pros and cons the more I get back on the fence as to the right choice. I'd prefer the Quick, and expect you'd become used to the slightly different hand position and saddle - but I read a lot more enthusiasm in your description of the Adventure. Have you tried a more comfort-oriented hybrid but with rapidfire shifters? The twist shifters would be a deal-breaker for me.