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A couple of options have presented themselves immediately as favourites, both with their own pros and cons.
This Raleigh full build is plenty big enough and would provide me with an immediate ride, but the seller has no idea of the tubing and lives a three and a half hour round trip away on Sky-train and busses.
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/bik/3608226729.html
The components aren't exactly what I'd call top spec, but the saddle (which is apparently very much ridable) appeals to the hipster in me. It's also a 27" frame which would put me off immediately in terms of finding a fixed back wheel, were it not for this showing up at pretty much exactly the same time:
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/bik/3648136359.html