Originally Posted by
Boatdesigner
If you are going to ride on pavement most of the time, you may also want to try a flat bar road bike. Should be similar upright position, but a little lighter and faster. Not as nice a ride though.
Generally speaking any 700c wheeled bike that doesn't have drop bars is a hybrid, maybe with the exception to a hipster's fixie with risers. Unless, of course, it was originally hybrid frame.
Typically a 26" wheeled non cruiser, non mtb is considered a comfort bike.
That's not to say that there aren't hybrids that have features of comfort bikes too.
Sure wish there was somewhere that we could discuss the benefits of hybrids.