This is really good advice here. Since I have gotten back into bking about 2 years ago, I have purchased 3 bikes. After starting out with a mountain bike and realizing I was on the road most of the time, I got a hybrid. Then I wanted to go even faster and got a road bike. Now I find the road bike to be somewhat limiting as to where I can go (encountering gravel roads in the country). So, it looks like a Cyclocross bike is in my very near future.