Bike for the wife

dstev55

Evening all,

The wife wants to get herself a bike to help get herself in to shape. My knowledge of anything other than Road bikes is limited to say the least. However, we do have some requirements:

Hybrid bike, she wants to ride both on and off road (nothing more hardcore than canal paths)
Needs to be able to get a child seat on the back
Disc brakes, preferably hydraulic
£600 absolute maximum, would prefer less though

We have seen this at Halford, it looks decent although not sure about getting a child seat on the back:

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/classic-bikes/13-intuitive-lambda-womens-hybrid-bike?cm_mmc=Google+PLA-_-Bikes-_-Classic+Bikes-_-156624&_$ja=tsid:60494%7Ccgn:GoogleShopping%7Ckw:156624&istCompanyId=b8708c57-7a02-4cf6-b2c0-dc36b54a327e&istItemId=lrrrmlwxp&istBid=tzwr&_$ja=tsid:35522|cid:344520484|agid:24344217364|tid:pla-211147191604|crid:83789280484|nw:g|rnd:660928987889581199|dvc:m|adp:1o2&gclid=CjwKEAiAws20BRCs-P-ssLbSlg4SJABbVcDp3NEKN1GHK6yiXtUOba-NUz6Eb8-qkoJ5VZA1nEqQFRoCjzrw_wcB

Any other suggestions?

The Rookie

"Bike for the wife"
As is traditional, for this site, share pics of the wife and I'll see if I have a bike to swap!

The Marasa is blinding value, especially if an 18" fits and you can go for last years model
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/c ... -2013-2014

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/c ... ybrid-bike

I can't tell from any of the Pics if they have rear dropouts with bolt holes to take a rack for a kiddies seat on these or the 13, but I know the older Marasa did.