Bike recommendations for a mature newbie female

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Veronica "A custom Riv. "

We laugh but I'm starting to see the point of Riv. There were a few on ALC4 (saw just 1 last year). About day 5 I caught up with on at lunch saw the Riv rider chatting with a group of gals who were all complaining "my ___ hurts, my ___ hurts, my ____...."

She just smiled and said "I feel fine", hopped on her bike, rode off....disgusting.

My vote is for steel, a nice Mondonico or Torelli or maybe Surly Long Haul Trucker.

Here are some purty steel bikes from the ride including mine. I should have styled the photos and taken the plastic off but the plastic bags on the seats are for dew, and the bags on the top tube are for the ride numbers, oh well. I think you can see that the set up on mine is a little more upright than most. Very comfy on the back.