Originally Posted by
leob1
If your wife likes and will enjoy riding it BUY IT! It may be a pos, but it's good enough for a start. If she enjoys riding, she'll want a better bike soon enough.
Or she will hate it and give up riding altogether. IMO, the new rider especially needs the support of a LBS that can tweak the ride, or fix minor problems that will crop up in the first weeks or months of riding.