I have grown quite envious of true track frames over the past few weeks riding on my conversion and boggling over beautiful bikes across the internet. Anyways the reason are started cycling and training was to compete in triathlons and I originally built my fixed gear to help train with a higher cadence on some of my rides and build endurance in the wind and climbing. I overly tarcked out the build and think I went wrong focusing more on looks than actual components. All that being said I have been heavily considering pulling the trigger on a completely new build on a new frame with all new components.
On to my idea, I have to say TejanoTrackie really gave me the push to go for a more triathlon like setup. I have to mention I am addicted to eBay and spend more money there than I do anywhere else besides school. Take a look at all these listings and let me know what you think. If there is a less expensive but just as good or better item then please suggest it. Feel free to flame my idea and tell me its stupid as I haven't committed to anything yet and want to get honest feedback from people that might know better.
Here is the listings:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
http://cgi.ebay.com/track-fixed-gear...efaultDomain_0
Thats everything I've looked at so far. I have a nice ritchey stem I'm gonna throw on it so I don't need that. I was also wondering if someone knew of a matte black brake caliper, reverse lever, and seat post. Just to keep the murdered out theme going. As for the wheelset, I don't need a fancy light wheelset or racing wheelset I enjoy cheaper heavier wheels because I am using this to train so I don't want to blow a ton of money on the wheels. The gear ratio is what I have on my fixed gear now and I enjoy it, it doesn't seem too hard, but I am open to suggestions better suited for this setup and training. Again I can't spend much more than this so please don't suggest super expensive components. Sorry for all the links. Thanks for the help.