Originally Posted by SaiKaiTai
Hm... yeah, actually, I guess my Kaitai is technically NOT a MTB.
It is a true hybrid, further hybridized by the replacement of its knobbies with much smoother rolling Crossroaders. I hereby retract my post above as irrelevant to this discussion. But it IS a pretty easy rolling machine. Just a bit slower, is all
I didn't mean to contradict your post. I didn't see it before I made mine. I don't think your post was irrelevant at all.
Although your bike is marketed as a hybrid, I would see it as MTB variant, a 29er modified to be more proficient at road use. And it seems to be very well designed for the type of riding you did - slightly slower road riding with a little light offroad capability to make it more versatile. As you noted, your LeMond is better focused for faster, easier road riding. But the hybrid is well suited for a different set of tasks.