Well, i've gone out and purchased myself a new ride. This is to replace my 12 year old C'dale that was too big. It's an Ibex Vantage 5500 and i'll hopefully be taking it for its maiden voyage this weekend (weather permitting, no way i'm taking it out into the rain/snow for it's first trip).
Overall i'm very happy with the components for the price (see specs in link below), but i'm a little skeptical of the wheels, mostly because i've never heard of them, and they have a low spoke count (i'm about 210lbs). We'll see what happens there.

If you'd care to see it, you can find the bike here:
http://www.ibexbikes.com/Bikes/VTG-5500-Details.html