My DH's grandma is recently widowed and mentioned she would love a bike to run into town on. She is in her 70's and has knee problems so we immediately thought- TOWNIE! She just wants to pedal around and ride a bike similar to what she had years ago. Nothing too fancy and we explained the Flat Foot Technology which she really liked the sound of.

We were thinking of asking everyone to chip in at Christmas (she has 4 kids and 5 grown grandchildren) to get her a bike. I just didn't realize there were so many types of Townies! I am thinking the Townie 3 would be good because she would have a few gears but nothing too crazy to confuse her and we would have trouble convincing the family a bike was worth more than $400 (ruling out the sleek Amsterdam). DH's mom is convinced she would ride it daily though.

Anyone have any input on the Townies?