Originally Posted by
twodownzero
$800 for a hybrid bike is a joke; it's just a 90s mountain bike with new parts.
I wouldn't spend $800 on a hybrid, either, but owning both a 2015 hybrid bike and a 1995 mountain bike, I have to say that they're not even in the same ballpark. One is in Wrigley Field in Chicago and the other is in Yankee Stadium in New York. Geometry is different, frame materials are entirely different, wheel size is entirely different (which really changes how the bike feels). Not in the same class at all.
If you had a hybrid and the fit was terrible, that's unfortunate. You'd have likely been happier with one that fit properly. This forum is full of people who enjoy the genre. I'm sorry that you didn't. What make and model was it?