the GOT bike

High bred? No, that's not it either, nothing with so much pedigree. Hybrid, yeah, that's more like it. As a proponent of being a jack of all trades, and master of none, I've found the concept of a hybrid do-it-all bike appealing. Ok, yes, I prefer designs that are closer to mountain bikes in their geometry, as I don't feel this detracts from their road abilities, but it seems that along with slacker angles and more tire clearance often comes suspension. Yes, I've been accepting, ok, even enjoying, a fork that moves up and down, a lot, on the front of my mountain bike, but I really didn't want to add something else that can leak onto the front of a bike I want as reliable transportation, so I was really excited by how much I liked the result of my "Call me Mikey" experiment. By changing wheel size to create a cool utilitarian bike, did I hybridize a hybrid? Double hybrid? Hybrid²? No matter what it's called, I rode it to help out at Bike Lab last Sa...