Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Please can I have forum recommendations for the best geared bike for under a grand that you can fit full guards, a rack, can fit 28's or 32's and is available through Evans.

Charge do a few cross bikes that look quite nice, the Jamis I posted above looks to be in the right direction, is there anything else? I think Evans can order Surly, nothing on their website so i'll have to check that. My wife has never owned a bike with drops before, so hybrids are still a posibility, but further down the pecking order. It's just for commuting, with maybe the occasional longer weekend ride, but nothing major. She's 'out grown' in cycling terms her Pinacle hybrid and wants more of a 'proper bike'. Thanks in advance - I keep just going in circles.

Coda Elite is a lot of bike for the money if you didn't want to go down the drop bar route (BB7's, Reynolds 520 frame, bags of tyre clearance, carbon legged fork, mudguard and rack mounts f&r, decent range with the 48/36/26T chainset, etc)

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/jamis/coda-elite-2012-hybrid-bike-ec031793