The first few years of our marriage, my wife happily rode a crappy Stehr Sears 3-speed we picked up at the neighbor's garage sale. Terrible brakes, indifferent shifting, weird, lumpy sprung saddle. This was in 1995.
That bike is long gone, but in the 10 years I've bought a second hand beach cruiser for her, built up a little mixte and just last year, a Terry-geometry road bike for her short and feminine physique. Have not been able to get her to actually try riding one of them yet
