I looked at the title, and I was thinking, OK, the guy wants a bike for his elderly mother, something she can ride from the retirement home to the grocery store half a mile away. Then I remembered-- oh yeah, I'm a fiftysomething mother. I need to stop thinking of fifty as ancient and decrepit.
I suggest that if she is truly becoming more interested in cycling, her next bike doesn't have to be her last bike. The Betty Foy is a fine bike, but pricey. A solid mixte commute bike, with gears, doesn't have to be as expensive as the Betty. A bike like the Bianchi Milano, which someone recommended already, looks like a good choice. It's not too expensive, it has gears, it's good for commuting/errands but can still be ridden on longer rides. On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Austin Andrews <austinfromthefoodc...@gmail.com> wrote: > All, > > My mother has a 3 speed bicycle that she rides around town on. She > gets some groceries, visits friends, rides to the gym, that sort of > thing. She's really taken to cycling and she's taken the bike on some > longer rides, probably 30 miles at the longest. She wants to do more > of this. She wants to ride up big hills, she wants to ride on groomed > dirt paths, she wants to get even more groceries, she wants to go > riding with friends; basically she wants a do it all bike that is > comfortable, user friendly and will get her up that big hill coming > up. She'd also like a mixte/step through because she is getting older > and it's much easier to mount those sorts of frames. -- -- Anne Paulson He who wills the ends wills the means -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
