I used to read Kents bike blog and as a seller of bikes he often encountered the situation of the guy wanting to buy a bike for his GF so they could ride together but getting zero input from her and or getting her a bike he would like. And then he takes her on a hammer fest right off the bat is and shocked she never wants to ride with him again. The idea that she might not want to ride the same bike in the same way he does never occurs to him. Then again I look back on my twenties and wonder how I survived to get to be a codger.

Nice TDF OP