I recently was looking for a hybrid and came across a Bianchi Torino in my local bike shop. I took it for a spin and really liked it. When I showed interest in the Bianchi the bike shop guy pretty much told me to not buy it. He said how I could get much more for my money and I was paying for a name etc. and then he pushed me towards another brand that wasn't familiar to me. I rode it and didn't like the feel as much as the Bianchi. He just seemed really bent on selling me the other brand (I don't even remember what it was). I honestly think they had leftover stock of this other company or had some sort of deal with them. It wasn't a familiar brand and they had a ton of them in every bike type in the store and very few other brands.

With all that said, what other bikes should I be considering where I can get "more for my money" as the bike shop guy said?