Originally Posted by
Hondo Gravel
I put together a bike for my neighbor’s wife she is 60ish. She road it about 100 feet and never touched it again. Her husband bought it, it arrived I put the rest of the bike together tuned it up perfectly. He said she will ride it once and never again. He was right. Maybe you’re mom might try a rental bike for a day and see what she likes. Go from there...
The rental idea is a very good idea. Provides a way of finding the type of bike which will work for her, without buying one which she may or may not end up being one she'll ride.