Bike without an engine

[mickvp]

All look like good bikes Colin although I don't know a great deal about them. I know that for the type of riding you want to do you want to avoid overly wide tyres and you want to avoid suspension, but all 3 of the bikes look fairly similar in both fronts.

My mate in work who is big into his bikes has said to always buy the best frame you can, you can always upgrade all the other hardware later if you want to. Hope that helps somewhat