Hmmm ??? It may help if I give you my experience. If you need more help I suggest you raise a specific post, as I think you may get a broader input that way (your question being generic, rather than specific to the Quicks).

I guess in choosing my hybrid I considered the decision re front suspension fork (or not) to be pretty key. I decided my riding would not warrant the suspension fork.
In the same way I consider the decision re tire tread (slick vs knobbly) to be pretty important. I am quite happy on a relatively 'slick' tire. My riding is almost always on paved surfaces (roads/cycle paths). I do not ride on wet muddy trails; and while I do ride occasionally in the rain, I do not find that my bike has any tendency to 'acquaplane' on the 'slicks' like a car might.

My bike came with 32mm Continental SportContacts, and I recently replaced them with 35mm Schwalbe Marathon Supremes. I was perhaps a little premature in replacing the original tires, but I was going to ride my first century (100 mile) ride and the last thing I wanted to be worried about was punctures! [Good, bad or indifferent; I ignored advice from my LBS to move to a 28mm 'slick' tire for the century ride]

Reasons for choosing the relatively wide/expensive Marathon Supremes was a desire to maximize comfort (wider tire enables me to use lower pressure) while also maintaining good puncture-resistance and reasonably low rolling resistance.