Replacing the Trek Lime I purchased a Trek Lime for my mother a few years ago.  Unfortunately, it has now been stolen and I need to replace it.  She has terrible arthritis so any bike that would require her hands to do more than hold on would be out of the question.  I've considered buying a cruiser and having an automatic transmission such as the nexus hub installed, but I'm just not familiar enough with automatic transmissions to be sure this is even possible. To complicate matters, I'm working out of the country for the next year and a half so I have to rely on others.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  BTW--I'm not willing to spend thousands of dollars on it.
If she liked the Lime, why not look at the second hand market. Get one and have it serviced by a good bike shop and off she goes... 

Edit : Quick 1 minute search and I found This - why go second hand.....