As far as the better half is concerned, mine had 2 bikes before I revived my obsession. Now of course I have a bunch including several that I drooled over in high school and others that have piqued my interest along the way. She now has three after Christmas before last when I scored her a very clean Motobecane Grand Touring mixte and spiffed it up with a Brooks, bell, shiny black fizik bar tape, chrome Wald rack, tune, clean, lube and adjust. It was a freakin home run, one of the best reactions in 25 yrs, she loved it. She will be getting another this year that may be even better. I would encourage you to consider this strategy to help get her on board, literally and figuratively. I always think it should be a no brainer from the health aspect, who can argue with this? She/they should be the first to embrace it as most of us are getting younger by the day.