Originally Posted by lookingforcool

Every foot of my 9 mile commute is either uphill or downhill, with the exception of 1 mile of flat road. With that... I seriously doubt you'll be happy with a sweet little hybrid bike [I bought my 7.3fx about a month ago]. You'll probably want a road bike within a couple days of hitting those hills on the hybrid. I had buyer's remorse the day after I bought mine, on the hills. I still love my bike, it gets me to work and home and I'm keeping it. BUT - if I had to do it again, road bike. Should've listened to my gut, not to which bike felt the best in the parking lot of the LBS.