It is actually interesting, because my situation was the opposite. It came more from her worrying her nice bike would be stolen, as she has had bikes stolen in the past. That is why I built her up a $150 vintage mixte when we went to Belgium and the Netherlands. It is also part of the reason I can't really say "take the nice one", cause she'd be on something considerably lesser than me.

I was more curious about how others went about this than anything. Not really looking to change my mind one way or the other, as I mentioned anything that goes will be completely suitable and fit well, just curious how others approached it.