So I've been doing some research on these forums and via Sheldon Brown and a few other resources on the internet over the last couple days and have a basic grasp of the idea of converting an old road bike to a FG. That's not to say I know all the components of the bike (far from it) or that I could go out and successfully do one tomorrow without help -- I just have a basic idea of what you need to do.

Basically, my question is...if I am serious about riding a FG as my everyday street bike, should I skip looking for a conversion and just go straight into a track frame and save myself time and possibly money in the long run, or should I work on converting an old bike and then buy a new frame in the future and swap the parts from the old bike to the new one, adding things when necessary.

I don't want a Kilo TT or another complete where I would have to replace sub-par parts, but at the same time I don't know if its a good idea for a beginner to pickup a leader frame and a bunch of expensive parts with little to no experience building or riding fixed.

Also, whats a reasonable top end and bottom end price estimate for a complete bike with something like a 250$ leader frame to start with.

I apologize for the handful of indirectly asked questions, I'm just really struggling to decide what I want to do and seek the opinion of some of you bike gurus.

I seriously love this forum. Such a great resource for a beginner like myself. Thanks to all the contributors. You know who you are.