I guess it's an eye of the beholder kind of thing. I like Fairdales, the style, the bikes (sort of mixes between mountain/bmx/cyclocross), and the easy maintenance and all that. I actually like the company as well. But, having said all that, I will agree that had I known about the Swobo Accomplice that Dewey Haftu recommended, I would probably would have recommended that one as well. It's less money, a better grade of steel in the frameset, you can run it fixed or singlespeed, and it has a certain mountain bike thing going on. Also, of course, the Kilo WT is really a great choice but I thought I'd chime in and give the OP another option especially in 26" wheels.