Here is the bikepedia link to that line of bikes: http://www.bikepedia.com/Quickbike/B...e#.UPyYsif_ry4
If you don't know the year you might figure it out by matching the bikepedia description to the bike. It looks like they make this bike for quite a few years.
If you mom plans to ride on pavement she might want to get away from knobby tires which may be on the bike and get some slick tires. That will make riding pavement a whole lot easier.
Now you have a riding partner, eh?
Trek Madone 4.7 WSD
Cannondale Quick4
1969 Schwinn Collegiate, original owner
Terry Classic
Richard Feynman: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”