Originally Posted by
NormanF
Hybrid has been expanded to cover flat bar road bikes that have been renamed performance/fitness hybrids. I wouldn't consider them a true hybrid. So over time, the term has been stretched way beyond the original meaning. That said, there are still hybrids that are on/off road still being made.
OK, so what is a "true hybrid"? That's what I am trying to find out.
I think that Cannondale now markets the successor to my Adventure 400 as a "comfort bike." It is pretty comfortable, more so than any road bike I've ridden.