What is your budget ? There are a lot of inexpensive bikes out there if you look. I am not sure if you can get Kona bikes in the UK, but I found a couple that may intrest you. They are both cromoly steel, Worldbike is a 26 in internal geared 3 speed and the Smoke is a 700 cc 8 speed. Just a suggestion. They are both a little over $400 US. The one problem I see is the short seat stays for panniers. As far as racks they don't mention...but there are ways to attach a rack without mounts. Like I said just a suggestion.
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