>>1706485>everybody wantsno, casuals wants a bike that never flats and that rolls well on roads which is where they mostly ride. So, narrower, less supple tires
And they want it to be very cheap, so a nasty allum frame
wa la, it's your modern hybrid. It -can't- be comfy because of the never flats, and cheap caveats.
2.3" knobbly tires on a rigid bike is just your mind under the infuence of several conflicting memes, SUVing this idea. Actually, it's awful if you have to drag those around on the road.
The rigid 90s mtbs divergance into modern hybrids and modern mtbs actually made sense.
And 'comfy' to most people is an upright position, whereas I see your platonic ideal still has a bit of bar drop. 'most people' wouldn't like that.
