Originally Posted by PastorW

I am a Clyde married to one hot Athena (yes I know that I am a lucky man). I have been cycling just long enough to understand the bike I have, to daydream about the next one, and that is about it. My beautiful Athena wants to start riding with me some and we are looking for her a bike. This will be her reward to herself for being able to ride a mile without wanting to cry (her words not mine). Any advice would be greatly appreciated from any of you all (especially you wonderful Athenas). She is 5'2" (on a good day) and weighs ~ 220ish (I hope I'm not in trouble). She has had a couple of hard pregnancies and other health problems in the past three years so we won't be doing any hard off roading, just easy riding for starters and much later progressing to some of the hilly roads here in Mammoth Cave National Park. I ride a Gary Fisher hybrid, so we are thinking about something similiar. Any suggestions?