...aaannd turns your bikes into Huffys...or AMF Roadmasters.

No photo, but my wife rides a 1983 Trek 620 set up with 3 x 9, Shimano bar end shifters, and dual pivot brakes. She likes it that way and rides often.

My SO has a Trek SU200 (2007 or so). It's his dedicated commuter & has disc brakes, Dynamo front hub (I built the wheels), rack, trunk bag, front rack with lights and a double kickstand. I can barely lift it on to the stand, yet this is the bike that he rides centuries on!

He kept his Nishiki Pueblo from college (1986 or so - original owner) and as a surprise I tore it down and cleaned & lubed, and essentially did major overhaul on it. That is his grocery shopping bike with a rear rack, couple panniers, etc.

My wife rides this townified '74 Peugeot JR road bike. It was her only mode of transport for about three years. It's since had fenders added & removed, soon to be added again. Got a rear rack for it too.

I recently got another orange bike for her—a 70s Centurion touring bike with bar ends & a full SunTour group. It's in rough shape, but it's going to be a great project.

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Drop-bar converted '95 Trek 7900. She still sometimes thanks me for dragging her kicking and screaming into the purchase. ;)
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Also Trek, a few years older.

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That is one nice conversion right there. I dig it.

Well --- here is my wife's bike the day i brought it home for her - i purchased it from an aquaintance whose wife also did not take to riding as he had hoped so he sold it after they divorced -- its a speedy little Scott aluminum framed triple chainring bike , that looks pretty sharp as well in my opinion . The seat is higher now naturally, but her opinion on this is kind of "take it or leave it" - mileage total is maybe 300
--- actually getting her into a bike shop herself to try some out would be like pulling teeth

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I bought this pair last night and presented them to her this morning as she was leaving for work by saying -- "Look sweetheart! - a couple of vintage mtb's for us to hit the downtown river trail with ! Pick your color !" -- She hasnt picked her color yet, but she gave them an appreciative nod and i think her reaction to these old relics is more positive as i equated them with having fun - not just getting a workout --- i think she likes the idea of toodling around a bike path - maybe even taking the dogs out , and then wasting --- errr - spending time at a coffee shop or cafe more than she likes the idea of going on a 50 mile charity ride into a stiff Oklahoma wind --- i'm thinking (hoping) these will be good for that

I have also thought she might take to a tandem since we would be together, but i'd like to see her start to enjoy cycling a little more before putting out that kind of cash outlay

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Trek 560 posted in another thread, 1993(?) Bridgestone MB-5, or an Electra Hawaiian cruiser. Still has a Schwinn Premis in near new condition that gets out occasionally

I love how many of us are getting out our wrenching/hoarding/collecting jones on our wife's bikes: "Honey, why do I have so many bikes?" "That one is your townie, that one is your mountain bike..." You can tell with some of 'em that we are making C&V compromises for user friendliness and I enjoy the solutions some of y'all have come up with to keep things practical but stylish at the same time.

I used to try and get my wife into mountain biking, my main obsession (in life!). It never took. I made sure she always had a nice DeKerf however. What she does like however is road riding and touring, of the supported variety in foreign countries or credit cared while around home. She runs these bikes these days, and she now totally gets why one would have a different bike for every use:

Her roadie, with compact crank, wide-range cogstack, comfy seat and STI. I quite literally found this bike crumpled in the road:

https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6201/...8a35f619_z.jpgMarinoni by tashipeacock1, on Flickr


Her tourer/safe lockup commuter. Looks like I don't have a good pic of this one handy, here's one with my bike while on tour in Honduras (I think?) MTB triple, bar end shifters, touring wheels, fenders and racks. Gotta love the versatility of the Cross-Check. I have one as well and it's done a great job of being a loaded and unloaded tourer, CX race bike, "gravel grinder" and commuter.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8221/...03f3f543_z.jpgDSCN1236 by tashipeacock1, on Flickr

Her cruiser/commuter. Fenders (VO smooth) for rain and pretty pretty, front basket for easy shoppin/purse carryin', and rear racks for her Ortliebs when she's "serious commuting" This was a Raleigh Tora that I stripped basically everything from and replaced with nicer kit. Probably dropped 10 pounds off of the thing, but it was the right colour and style:

https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6074/...04c1a448_z.jpgAnna's Raleigh by tashipeacock1, on Flickr

I enjoy these mixtie builds, she used to ride this, but ended up with an extra bike when we moved back to Victoria. I sold it to a friend, who sold it to another friend so I still get to visit it every now and again. I really like how cheap these builds are and how stylish and practical a bike you can do with an old hi-ten mixtie frame:
https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6065/...fe91e634_z.jpgKathy's Raleigh by tashipeacock1, on Flickr

Aaaaaand sometimes we ride this guy. When it's not broken. Two tipsy 185lb guys cannot do a big coaster brake skid around a corner without something breaking, just incase you were wondering. It's her bike because SHE was the n+1 on this one!
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4026/...3dd14ece_z.jpgGiant purple MUP eater by tashipeacock1, on Flickr

Oh right, the DeKerf. Although some beautiful work, this generation of mountain bikes is just terrible in comparison to modern stuff.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3883/...97fb0ea8_z.jpgDeKerf, with polished Syncros tiller and XT cranks by tashipeacock1, on Flickr

Did you tell her they sell shoes? :roflmao2:

Getting my wife to understand gears was going to be interesting, so we just went for the single speed to start:

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A couple of years later we upgraded to this Scott Sportster 50 Ladies and she enjoys it:

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It's not just guys doing it for wives. [MENTION=355580]Velocivixen[/MENTION] is the bike wrench in her home, and she does it for her husband. I had to mention this as a feminist guy, raised by a pack of female wolves and having raised two daughters.

You're making an assumption that all postings here are by men..........

Man, tough crowd. I referenced the typical scenario as I figure it's a clearer way to speak. Most of the interesting bikes were posted by men, for their wives. Normal sized bikes for normal sized people (typically men) aren't as interesting in this context. In no way did I intend for it to discount the contribution of the female posters. Ladies, I appreciate your voice here so please let me know if I'm being disrespectful of your contribution.

Maybe you should think about why you assume I'm a man building for my wife. Ladies have wives too you know.

Well, I paged our heroine, so she might be piping in soon.

Gosh, I just finished putting new mudflaps on my fenders, lubing my SO's chain & kickstand, then eating the lovely salad he made for me and I come back to find this mess....! Er, I mean conversation.:p I pretty much figure that many or even most who post on here are men, and either way it doesn't offend me. We all have the same joy of and creative expression with bikes. I don't have any readily available photos though. At our house we take gender roles very seriously.;)

@oddjob2 - did you have to invoke my given name?! :rolleyes: Around here I'm VV please.

oooh Shiny dyno-hub :thumb:

[MENTION=19743]USAZorro[/MENTION] - I always liked Pastorbob's avatar of a freewheel, so didn't want to use that. That's a Sturmey Archer AG 1955 Dynohub that works. First one I ever took apart. Good times.

My wife has a few bikes that she rides:

Her 2012 Kona Jake after some punishing gravel. She carried all our overnight clothes in her bags.
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Her 2007 Fuji Monterey "grocery getter" rigged up with Trail-a-Bikes on Going to the Sun road in GNP
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Her '85 Allez SE on the 2014 Cino rollout:
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My daughter rides this more than she does, but she has been known to take a spin on my grandmother's old '75 Schwinn Suburban
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Her '73 Gitane TdF on Day 2 of the 2015 Cino (Sporting cushy 35's and making it "the best Cino ever!!")
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Sometimes we get to ride together (even though she's not pictured) - Early 70's Gitane tandem:
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Not pictured, a 1991 Santana Tandem. We've only ridden it twice, but she loves it way more than the Gitane tandem.

For the record, my wife is not at all into wrenching on bikes, but loves the ones I build for her. She commutes every day she can. She also encouraged me to do my first century. And she generally doesn't ask questions about bike parts that find their way to our house... She does not, however, subscribe to the n+1 theory. But... she doesn't use the same tone of voice when I bring "yet another a bike" home as she did the last time I bought home a vintage side-by-side...

[MENTION=131041]mountaindave[/MENTION] - great photos. Thanks.

Me.

^^ Only a matter of time, I suppose.