I've no idea what bike I want...

Get an On-one Pompino.

Run it with risers, and street tyres.
Run it with dirt-drops and CX tyres
Run it with drops, road tyres and a rack'n'guards.

Very versitile, very cheap. Fiddle with it till you find out what type of bike you like best.

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If you're only doing a few miles a day you can get whatever you want.

Personally I'd try and find one of the Boardman ss/fg. I don't think they make them any more, but you see them 2nd hand and they have good parts for the money. Otherwise the c'dale cappo is a good frame, so it'd be worth upgrading as the parts go.

Or a pomp for all the reasons above.

BUT WHAT IS YOUR BUDGET????????

There are some great ideas there guys, thanks. My buget would be around 6-700 for a complete bike of around 300/350 for the frame. I'll just have to do a bit more saving I think. In the mean time, I'm just going to rebuild my Muni-mula frame as a SS to play about on.

@ Garyb
Looking at your old bike set up do you have very short legs and very long arms ?

I have both.

Riding FG actually makes you younger. Fact.

Now that what I am aiming at, anyone know where I can buy a BMW Gangsta Frame in North London,

XO, XO, Ashe.