For my wife - bike to borrow or rent?

[waverider]

My wife is interested in road riding, having never done it before. But before investing in a bike and all the gear, she'd like to try it out over a period of a few weeks first.

Any suggestions?

Can you rent from the local bike shops for that long? Is there anyone who has a second (or third or fourth ) bike they'd be interested in loaning or renting to her? I'm happy to provide some sort of collateral, references or ??? so their's no worry of the bike walking.

I ride a 54 and her inseam is about 2cm longer than mine. So a 54 or possibly 56 should fit her. Her shoe size is 7 if that's possible to borrow or rent too.

[barton bourassa]

Like Martin posted a few days ago viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5974
Who are you waverider? I don't recall hearing that name before!! Just curious!

Barton

[waverider]

Oh sorry, Geoff here. I rode a lot with the Sunday group last summer and fall, but haven't been out this year due to scheduling conflict and injury. I was the guy who rode for a bit on the hybrid before switching to a road bike. And have been to your house Barton to pick up a purchased mud flap! Cheers.