£300 budget for SS newb = build bike and crash vs. buy complete secondhand?!

Yeah I am tempted to! I can't find too much info on them on here though - I think if I read everywhere how amazing they were, I would, though I can't seem to find many reviews. Any words on them?!

Would love to find one second hand, but again, not much joy.

I have the Maurice and am really enjoying it. its the best new bike I could find for almost £300(£315 from evans using code SURVEY10 for 10% off)

And as a first entry into SS for me I'm happy with what I got, this way I can start to understand more about what I like and dont like so when I do build my own I will have had some solid SS experience.

Oh if you do get it on arrival remove the cheap ass rim tape and put some good high pressure rim tape in them wheels(I had 2 'punctures' due to the rim tape not being good enough quality)