Which bike should you choose? Hybrid vs Road

Highly informative. Thank you for the upload.

Just do yourself a favor and don’t get a hybrid. Have nice roads and lots
of paved trails? Get a road bike! Live around rough terrain and have a lot
of local singletrack trails? Get a mountain bike! Like going on long
distance rides that may have some rough terrain, get a CX!

But there are sub categories to explore too, like:
What type of road bike do you want? There are 3 major geometries, full
race, endurance, and in between. Choose depending on the style of riding
you prefer. Short fast rides? Race geometry. Long leisurely rides?
Endurance!
What type of mountain bike? Hard tail (front suspension only) Soft tail
(full suspension) or rigid (no suspension)?
Choose depending on your terrain. How technical are your trails? Are you
hitting hardcore singletrack? Or are you just commuting and maybe taking it
out on the backroads for the weekend?

Also, please do not buy a “cheap” bike. If you are on a tight budget,
figure out what size frame you need and keep an eye out for used Treks,
Giant, Specialized etc. on eBay or CL, as they pop up frequently at very
affordable prices. A lot of times people buy the wrong size or just want to
upgrade or get the newer model, and their loss can be your gain. But buy
from walmart/kmart etc. and I guarantee, their gain will be your loss.

got a hybrid recently with no suspension and its perfect for roads or paved
bike paths with the kenda kwick 35’s it came with…prob not road bike fast
but its no slouch and can handle trails and gravel too if its not too
rough. unless you’re planning on doing most of your riding on serious
trails I’d say research the hybrid option as there’s many styles to choose
from…

Turn that music down/off please! It’s rather annoying while trying to
listen to what they have to say.

Well imo what you showed on video it may be still confusing for most of
people who struggling to decide…
Hybrid shown on video it’s still more a “city sprinter” (as subcategory of
road bike) than hybrid. Let me tell you why.
Whoever was riding road/racer bikes will agree that this bikes have quite
wide turning circle and qick manoeuvres in busy traffic are limited… in
order to improve manoeuvrability people started to mount flatbars on their
road bikes.
Now hybrid imo it’s a bike which is combination between road bike and
mountain bike, meaning construction which gives you decent capabilities on
both road and off-road.
Larger weels than MTB’s improves speed but a bit wider tyres than road bike
improves versatility. Add lockable front suspension and now we talking
about serious hybrid ;)

Bled Slovenia

trying to listen to the comantary and all I can hear is the music. how
about another version without it.

I am thinking of switching my hybrid bike for a road bike…. But the
posture of a road bike is all foreign to me and I’m afraid that I’m might
not get used to it.