Originally Posted by
sd5782
Do the early hybrids fall in the same class? I think they weren’t even called hybrids in the late 80s and perhaps didn’t differ much except the tires, but I could be wrong.
Not really. For every ~ '90 hybrid sold there were dozens of mtn bikes flying off the shelf. The ride was very different with the low centre of gravity. It seemed that every week you'd go into the high end shops and see new models and marques, funky Girven and AMP suspensions, lightweight components like Synchros, Paul and American Classic, Ti and aluminum frames, some real boutique stuff. An age of rebirth for cycling imo.