Originally Posted by
Cat2phat
.... charity events, club rides or even some gravel riding. . I'm looking for that elusive one quiver bike that will handle most fairly well. 75% of the time will be spent on paved roads. ........I'm looking for a fairly relaxed riding postion, I was thinking along the lines of the Giant anyroad, Giant fastroad o.
Even though we're in the Hybrid section I agree that a CX or at least a "gravel grinder" (Generally more relaxed and not as agressive as a full CX and with more road appropriate gearing like the Giant Anyroad, Trek Crossrip, Specialized Diverge ) would be best suited to your requirements. Charity Events and Club rides you'll find mostly roadies and you'll be pushing to keep up with them on a flatbar hybrid. You can ride on the cross bars and be pretty upright and still go on the drops if you need to. Spare thing tires for road are nice but not a necessity.
Just to throw a curve ball....... if you want to remove the gravel part you could go a Endurance/Sportive type bike which is more relaxed geometry road bike (Avanti Cadent, Giant Defy, Specialized Roubaix, Trek Madone ) .
I've actually just sold my CX (Ridley X-bow ) and now have my Trek DS 8.4 for gravel/firetrails/forestry tracks and bought a Endurance Road (Avanti Cadent ERII 2) purely for road. I'm commuting (4-40 kms (yes sometimes I take the long way home) with a backpack on the Cadent without an issue on this 50 year old body. Might be another (non-hybrid) option
