they define street as tapping that big ass wall, or sidehopping onto a rail, whatever for real street, a good cheap frame is the base ta26, frickin awesome lil bike-i dumped my curtis to go back to one curtis frames are ok, but ive never been too impressed by the quality of them and their customer service is among the worst out in my experience leeson frames seem to be mighty popular among 26 and 24inch riders, however i havent ridden 1 yet, so cant really comment on personal experience, clive seems to actually care about his customers too unlike gary... the megamo frames are pretty sweet for street too, i really liked my radical i found around the 1030-1040 mark to be a really good *comprimise* between uber flicky street bikes length and long, low and shit bikes overall i would say the base, seeing as it wont be such a huge jump for you as your last bikes have been pretty long, so it wont feel as odd, and also cos they are kickass frames