Ya, I was thiking just that as I was reading the first responses yesterday.
My "commute" is like 5 miles from my house to work, and that's mostly through downtown. I'll really be using the bike for fun rides through the city, not anything truly long distance (no more than 20+ miles at a clip prolly).
The only reason I said commute was because I'm going to be riding it on the road as opposed to the track or mtb or long distance touring or whatever. Sorry for the confusion.
@Vixtor: Why would the Dawes be a better option than a Leader, just out of curiousity? That's another bike I was looking at, but didn't want to end up upgrading most of the parts in the end and spending more money than I could have if I just built the bike up how I wanted it in the first place..