It won't be for daily or long commuting, and she doesn't have any plans to do brevets. This year I plan to work up to a 200k in the spring, and more long rides as the season goes on. I'll get her to accompany me on whatever she wants to manage. We've been able to do 65 mile rides together in past years. More prosaically, she might do one to several longish country rides per week combined with daily utility riding. Cross-town to the fabric store is a 12 mile round trip, as is a run down to the mall. She doesn't like to have a range of purpose-built bikes. Rather, one is enough.

I read the Dutch survey of nearly everything on the dyno lighting landscape. He likes the Shutter Precision PV-8 more than nearly anything, and has not found the perfect headlight. He does not like the Luxos B or U, nor very much the other B&Ms. He likes the Phillips Saferide 80 for faster riding and the Saferide 40 (not sure it is made for dyno power) for in-town riding. He feels that Dutch riding has stronger requirements for brightness than the German STVO standard, and perhaps that's why he dislikes the Luxos.

For Mrs. Road Fan's bike, I've already bought her a Luxos B, so my problem is simplified. I'm going to look for a Shutter Precision for her. Virtues: silver, shiny, smooth, compact, not too $$, lots of power, not much drag.