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

Why the Face Palm? What's wrong with it?

As a city runabout, and a cheap one, it seems to tick the boxes.

In fact, I'd be tempted to get one as my snow+ice bike. As long as the inept setting up was corrected, it should be okay. Not good-looking or beautiful, but just okay for the job.

+1

For £240 your not going to get a better city runarund. The MTB style geometry sould make easier to throw around, and those ugly clearances are blatently going to be filled with full mudguards.

If there's space you could whip off the mudguards fit some fatter tyres, and throw it around some light trails at the weekend too.