Hi Ron, you must immediately take yourself over to the Classic and Vintage forums, and pay particular attention to threads on 'mixtes'!
http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php...ighlight=mixte is a great place to start,
and this is another:
http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php...ighlight=mixte
If you can't convince your wife to go with a mixte, well, you're just not trying!
Welcome to BF!
East Hill
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