Originally Posted by
livedarklions
I rode about 10,000 miles on a FX3 over three years (increasingly using other bikes by the end of the 3 years), and that's definitely the way I used it. It was a surprisingly fast bike, I regularly frustrated the hell out of some Cat 6 drop bar types. It was pretty fast on the level, but like I said above, it climbed better than any road bike I've ever had.
I put together a "townie" bike from an older road frame for my daughter to take to college (thankfully, she left it at home). I was impressed with how zippy it is. The BMC I posted earlier in this thread is probably an absolute rocket. In contrast, the hybrid my sister bought in the mid-90's was kind of a slug. It was a low-mid level Trek with "go anywhere" tires. If it got a total of 1,000 miles on it before she gave it away, I would be surprised - a mediocre bike for a mediocre rider.