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Sounds like she's doing well - when me and mrs TM first met we did some long-ish rides (she wasn't ready for them) and it killed the fun for her - it's taken a long time to get back to it.
Unless she's keen to try SPDs it seems a gamble - not like flats are much slower for recreational riding and also there's a risk of damaging that new confidence with sod fails - Unless it's "her idea" I would be careful.
If you're going for cafe points she'll need full wapah as well.
TM
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Awesome !
Rather selfishly the addition of gears on her Dawes are a thinly veiled attempt to get Mrs B. wanting to do more adventurous and serious rides with me. She rides day in day out, come rain or shine, but really it has been confined to commuting or an occasional weekend canal jaunt on the single speed. She's agreed to come out for the Dynamo, and we smashed the London to Brighton run a few weeks back, which I wouldn't have imagined 6 months ago — she just was not interested.
Next step will be moustache bars for the Dawes and a sly transition to proper foot retention ... she doesn't know that yet