Thank you Giantcfr1 and takingmytime. We went to 3 local bike stores today and she ended up choosing the Trek 7.2 WSD. It was last years model so we did receive a decent discount. Like your wife takingmytime she doesn't care about the specs of the bike...I just want her to feel like she can comfortably keep pace with me on my road bike....eventually my hope is to get her on a road bike