The definitive OTP ( Off-The-Peg ) List (<£500 and <£1,000 sections)

Lovely bike, that Crescent. I'll be adding it too to the Foreign OTP thread.
Yeah, do that. It's a decent bike for the price, but it has some things that aren't as well built as the rest. Saddle is really cheapish (but a brooks would look good on these), pedal cages (not the right word?) broke on the first day.

You guys have any thoughts about the size of the 55cm bike? Top tube length seems a tiny bit longer than it should, if anything. But perhaps I could adjust that with a shorter stem, even if I got my hands on the larger one (57).
Regarding the c-c.
It's about three centimeters off on the seat tube range (from the competitive fit) from what I see. Seems quite a lot to me, but I don't know much about these things. Perhaps it's just easily adjustable by seatpost, perhaps not? Damn my long legs.

There are several other bikes that compete with the KHS Flite 100, on looks, price, and also its steel make up.
Any special you're thinking of? Fuji Feather/Track Classic?

So long the bike is a decent fit, you'll end up "growing into" your bike anyway.
What do you mean by "growing into"? Getting used to?