I have had numerous bikes in the past, as I used to do time trials. before you spend any money think what you really want it for. Will you realistically take it off road, bridle paths or will you spend 90% of your time on the road.
Having had stupidly fast time trial bikes, hard tail mtbs and others, I love my current bike, a Specialised Cirrus elite. Light, quick, comfortable.
Not a fan of hybrid bike, a bike in my opinion should do one thing and do that well
(yes i a preparing to get shot down but hey).
Try Cirrus and you will think "this is easy, comfy and fast". then get a 2nd hand hack for the dirtier stuff!
If you are adamant you want a bit off light off road capability then I think a better compromise may be a specialised cross trail. Great after service with sepcialised, good support etc etc.
Always a deal on specialised
