if you wanted a bike for the rest of your life:

http://www.shandcycles.com/frames/

personally, to all people on this side of the Atlantic I recommend VSF as they're very hard to beat for the money (they retail for starting at €499):

http://www.fahrradmanufaktur.de/bikes/

here's an example of a Englishman describing why he likes them and where to buy them in the UK:

http://www.jonworth.eu/bringing-germ...ure-to-the-uk/