I owned the Kona Paddy Wagon and looked at the Raleigh and my biggest complaint for those bike was the super high bottom bracket. It is a pet peeve of mine that some bottom brackets are too high. If you ride fixed, it may work for you in high speed cornering but for the average person just tooling around or going single speed, it isn't needed. Right now I have the Masi and I absolutely love it. So much so, I bought a second one to convert to a 1 X 9.