Originally Posted by Milton Keynes

A few years back when I first got serious about riding, I got a hybrid because I wasn't 100% sure what I wanted then. I needed a bike that I could ride as a road bike, but also would be able to handle gravel and hard packed limestone trails. So I got the hybrid. But it didn't do well on gravel as the tires were just too skinny. I got a wide tire mountain bike for gravel, and the hybrid was pretty much just used on pavement, taking on the role of a road bike. But the upright position wasn't very aero, and in high headwinds it took a lot of effort to get anywhere. A friend of mine told me that I'm a powerful rider and I could do so much better with a more aero and less upright bike. I'd been wanting to get a dedicated road bike with drop bars, and will be looking at one this weekend. I think that will fit my style of riding on pavement a lot better, plus I still have the upright gravel bike for going off pavement.