Originally Posted by
oldnslow2
No... she'd be an anchor.
Ouch... I don't DARE say that! My wife would never get on a bike again and ride with me. Granted, we did that ridiculously slow 6 mile ride, but at least we did it and she enjoyed it. I had to be very careful with the old Fuji, as I'd leave her in the dust with one stomp of a pedal! I did shift up to the 52T chainring once, and had to shift back down, stop and wait for her. When she caught up to me, she had an expression like, "Would you please wait up?". Then I quickly looked at the Schwinn Mtn bike, and she was on the middle chainring and the 3rd gear in the back. When I suggested she shift to a faster gear or at least up onto the 3rd chainring, she just replied, "No, I'm okay..." and maintained that leisurely 9.5 mph pace.