It would seem it was purpose built, and that's good it's done right. The thread is 'what don't you like about my bike' i personally would run gears on that bike, and if i had a road bike, i'd probably have opted for the bmc track frame instead. As far as being hard on nice fixed gear bikes.... i just get turned on more by fixed gears on track/ss specific frames, i'm not saying any of the componentry is bad. I just love my cx02 and couldn't imagine using it for a fixed gear/ss, but to each his own. This guy is obviously enjoying his bike (from other posts) and isn't damaging it, so i have no qualms about any of that. But this is a preference thread.