Originally Posted by
Justin J
Tom,
We'd actually be looking at the Lustre 2, which has an aluminum frame and sram triggers. Still not a great ride, I know, but at least we have the right frame geometry and it's upgradable.
Boy, that Schwinn looks nice, but she won't even touch a road bike because of the drop bars. It might take her a year or more of riding before she's even willing to consider it.
Sorry to hear your wife does not like drop bars. It is very difficult to find a good road bike with such low standover height with straight bars.
In light of your wife's straight bar requirement, here's another possible candidate:
http://www.redlinebicycles.com/bikes...11-conquest-20
Shame you can't convince her to go drop bars. That Schwinn would have been a good solution if she is willing to give drop bars a try.