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I too bought a VISP and don't really have any complaints.
However, make sure you buy BIG because they are small IMHO. My 58cm feels like a 56cm compared with other bikes I have tried.
Also, it is really tough to build one of these up on a "budget". By that I mean buying a second hand OTP is almost invariably cheaper.
For example, the frameset, forks and seatpost costs you say £150.
Then you need a wheelset which is going to be AT LEAST another £100.
At which point you could have bought plenty of the Langsters/Plugs off scumtree.
At one point I even considered buying a very cheap second hand bike and just harvesting it for parts: wheelset, saddle, bars, stem, chainset etc...
If you are looking to "learn about building a bike" or whatever, I just don't believe the hype.
Putting mine together was like following the most straightforward lego instructions. (Not technic-lego, possibly more like duplo to be honest...)
If you can change a tyre, you can build a bike.
I would have probably learned more buying second hand, taking it to pieces and then putting it back together.
Plus, I just changed my stock fork because the original is made of the most hand-jangling material known to man.