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Woah, thanks, interesting reading.

Guess I could save some pennies and get something new around the £500 mark. Not knowing much about bikes... Specialized Langster appeals to my minimal side? A Bowery? Fuji Track?

But maybe something older would be better, less likely to get stolen, don't have anyway safe to leave it at work...

Hello 3stripe, go and search for GA2G's list of lists - the OTP thread, if you don't want to start from stripping down an ebay frame, the thread'll provide you with more info to make up your mind. Oh and look up the Locks that Work thread too whilst you're at it.