You might have read my  Green Like a... post on Bike Hugger.

If you like to tweak your set of wheels and share its updated looks and improvements with the world and see what other Bike Afficionados are up to, pay a visit to Velospace.

My wife would no doubt vote for the Mercier Urbanismo with its front basket to drop the shopping in and one speed, it has an old fashioned side to it. As for being practical that is another story. 

She would surely like to ride the Mercier ladies bicyclette I used as an illustration. It was photographed by Coralie Mercier on Rue Mouffetard in Paris.