05-09-2016, 09:09 AM
If you're hitting the trails around here, a hybrid would seem fitting. The trails will inevitably be interspersed with gravel, which won't play well with a road bike, but just a bit of tread from a hybrid tire should let you handle most situations, so long as you're not on an intense ascent, loaded with full panniers, and pumping wheels so much that they spin. I've used a hybrid style to commute to work on occasion, from UpTown to Conestoga Mall, and it's done the trick for even the sections that were gravel between University and Lexington, now paved.