Originally Posted by
XxHaimBondxX
If you get a hybrid bike from Trek, Specialized or Cannondale, it will fulfill 90% of your riding needs.
Originally Posted by
terrymorse
I'm going to disagree. A hybrid bike is not good at anything.
A hybrid bike has its purpose. At pre-pandemic prices, I bought a $500 basic hybrid bike (Trek FX2) to see if I would want to resume cycling after a quarter century hiatus; I did.
I do agree a basic hybrid bike at current prices is not useful for
Higgs_Zaphod who has already gone through the above step (with a cheap, used MTB) and determined to get a road and/or gravel bike.