Wanted: Hybrid/commuter type bike

Basically my dad needs a new bike for getting to work and other duties after his front wheel folded on his trusted old bike (breaking 2 ribs, either side) making him no longer trust it.

So he's after something fairly modern with mudguards, slick tyres but not too skinny (would say min about 35c/1.5in) needs to be robust (he still hops curbs), have gears, be in decent nick, if 700c wheels then looking at a frame around 56, if it's more MTB flavoured then around 19 inch? or a large.

Budget £150-200

We are in Leeds, but I am in London quite frequently, or we could arrange courier.

Let me know if you have anything suitable.

Someone at work was looking for something similar.

This looks like an alright bike for the money
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/kona/smoke-2010-hybrid-bike-ec021820?query=kona

Cheers. I'll suggest it, can see him liking it actually, especially the fact it's low key as well. Could be perfect.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread17653-6.html Theres a Kona world bike on the Brighton classifieds, could be aalright...

+1 for the Smoke.

The 26" was a bit under geared, as it kept a MTB chainset, but the switch to 700c should have sorted that a bit.

£210 including delivery from Rutland cycles on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KONA-SMOKE-24-SPEED-COMMUTER-BIKE-RRP-300-18-FRAME-/380180839875?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item58848b3dc3

http://cambridge.gumtree.com/cambridge/12/72898312.html

Thanks guys, emailed my dad a link for the smoke last night, he's just ordered one said it looked perfect. He's a fan of steel and the smoke looks pretty solid. Hopefully he'll see another 16 years of use out of it, and it should be happy pulling his logging too.

http://www.lfgss.com/album.php?albumid=1526 all repaired now, but too late...............