Sounds like a good description, we started out buying hardtail MTB's but found we don't really get out on much mountain trails as the wife isn't comfortable "bouncing" down mountain sides! So we are very slowly turning our MTB's in to "Hybrids", more road capable tires, bar extensions, suspension seat posts, etc. for riding a lot of "rail-trail" and MUP's and starting a bit of "road touring" (not long distance as of yet). Want to keep enough MTB to handle a dirt trail now and then as our area's "main trail" (Pikes Peak Greenway Trail) is a combo of concrete, asphalt, (some fairly bumpy!!!) and dirt from hard to sandy in conditon so the Hybrid concept works well, plus I haul a homemade utility trailer for getting food, ect. when the old *** of car we have does it's normal and decides not to run. So for us Hybrids make a lot more sense than a pure MTB or ROAD bike.