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The Pashley Roadster Sovereign has those 28" wheels, upright riding position and full chain case plus gears, real brakes, high quality saddle and a Dynohub. Just sayin'.
Pashley shows two dealers in Australia:
Thanks,
They make nice bikes , I have seen them up close, but they more in the English / Dutch upright style
I'm a sucker for
1. Single speed and more aggressive frame geometry (for a city bike)
3. Italian aesthetics
4. and yes freni a bacchetta , well not mandatory .......
here is an different idea....make your own (of course not sure what you parts availability is
find a bike with an frame geometry you like (most likely it will be drop bar road bike....that is what i would target) added note: extra points for starting with an Italian bike......
Put a new set of handle bars on ( Velo orange postino sound like what you are looking for
https://velo-orange.com/collections/...ndlebar-22-2mm )
add brakes to match (I like the tektro city
https://velo-orange.com/collections/...-22-2-dia-bars)
you are set to ride now and this is a fun set up in my experience
you can also just you one gearing and see if you really like single speed (note: IMHO there really is not a lot of maintenance difference between a single speed and multiple speed....and you can split the difference by making it a 1x? setup
depending on the bike you could add dual pivots
and then is you are set on single speed you have a log of options, cleanest, but most expensive would be to get a new wheel set with a single speed or flip/flop rear wheel
Good luck (from a guy who grew up watching Skippy the Kangaroo and the Magic Boomerang)