my Touche in Garden Gate size:

They do a cheaper Steel Version call the Hanzo for £550

http://www.pearsoncycles.co.uk/store/product/29746/Pearson-Hanzo-17%22/

both take proper mudguards and a rack etc..

Charge Plug?

I bought a new 2010 Kona Paddy Wagon off ebay for £350 last month. Use it as my daily commuter in Edinburgh, love it to bits. Not too heavy IMO but my previous commuter was a hacked Spesh Hardrock SS so quite a bit of weight saving for me with the Paddy Wagon. And the price was a bargain compared to the cost of modern SS bikes.

And I love the colour scheme 😀

Wiggle have some reasonable deals on 2010 Giant Bowery 72’s and FMX’s. Both have aluminium frames, modern compact geometry, available in small sizes but alas not carbon forked.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cycle/single-speed-bikes/

Bianchi Pista in chrome is about as far from gay as one could get……….

From your shortlist – the Trek, because you are already emotionally attached to the colour scheme 8) . I’d still get the Kona, but then we have three in the stable already.

I have a Langster from 2010 – the black, understated one. If you could pick one up in your size I reckon that wouls fit the bill perfectly.

ATB, Dom.