[Litos]

Originally Posted by Red Bread

Litos, those are both good, simple, albeit heavy and a bit ponderous rides. The cruiser is great if you're only going a short distance and don't have any/many hills.

Something with a few gears might be an easier starting point and could get ridden more often. Something like this, but there are a million choices at or a little below this price point.
http://m.specialized.com/us/en/bikes...1-step-through

Or:
http://www.linusbike.com/products/du...imited-edition

eeekkk - $600 bikes (and I understand those are the cheap ones HAHA)

these two bikes that we're going to get are far from "sport" type bikes...

she just wants to be able to hit concrete at the park (or the beach) and go on a simple bike ride...

we're not looking at being uncomfortable, meaning we're not going to want to lean to grab handle bars and stuff like that....

I just more or less wanted to know is that Electra was worth the $239 if all we are wanting to do is cruise on flat concrete for @ 30-40 minutes at a time....

wasn't sure if that Electra is "cheap Chinese junk" or if it's just an inexpensive decent bike to have....