Originally Posted by
WestPablo
In that case, I'd get a mountain bike too, that looks similar to hers, since your main purpose is to spend more quality time with your wife and to get some exercise. Just go to bikesdirect.com and order one of their inexpensive mtbikes that has the lockout feature on the front suspended fork.
* Road bikes and hybrids actually do better on paved roads, than mtbikes
Price was MSRP on the 8.2 DS, wife misheard. I test road a mountain bike they gave me (didn't get the model number), the giant escape 1 and the 8.2 DS. I liked giant escape a lot, but wife wanted to try some trails and stuff as well, so I chose the 8.2 DS. I didn't like the mountain bike as much.
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