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@edscoble
No, it's not a little heavy, it's just that you're a little weak.
This is coming from a bloke whose frame is heavier than a steamroller and can comfortably do centuries ride on.
£450 would be enough for reasonably decent part (mavic open pro with generic hubs, sram crankset, oversized bar/stem with sram brake hood levers, decent 28c marathon plus tyres, budget seatpost, decent saddle, decent headset like cane creek 40, etc.).
then £200-500 on frame, it's a singlespeed bicycle after all, it's pretty hard to spend £1200 on unless the frame cost slightly more than half that.