Originally Posted by
NormanF
Its also called a fitness/performance hybrid. Marketing lingo.
Basically, the bicycle industry figured out some people hate road bikes with drop bars and begin producing a version modified to accept flat bars.
That's what created this new hybrid bike market: a sportier and faster hybrid.
Then why do people on these forums flip out at the mere suggestion of putting drop bars on a hybrid and insist the frames are not built to be road bikes?