my wife had a simular experiance...She never rode a bike in her youth. at the time when she told me about this ( about 3 years ago ) i thought it was strange, I thought all kids rode bikes!!!lolol...But i was suprised to find allot of people did'nt know how to ride.I took her to my neighborhood bike shop and got her a used Giant Bike.We went down to the local highschool parking lot and in about 3 days she was ready for trails!!!!...Does'nt really matter how much u spend on a bike , hell i see them all the time at garage sales for about 25-50 bucks,after u ride for awhile, you'll know what you want in a bicycle.