Originally Posted by
lmbebo
Thanks for the replies.
I live in a small town north of Houston. Local bike shop, the people there are great and very friendly. They charge MSRP to little a over MSRP, but I think part of is has to do the maintenance they offer when you purchase a bike and partly that its such a small community. Other side is that driving to get a better price will eat my savings in time and gas.
They actually got her into a mountain bike it seems (she tried the road and hybrid bike they had) , but I think she wanted a bike she felt comfortable and safe on. Our use will be paved roads probably 90-100% of the time.
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
