Originally Posted by MDRawk

Some people ride a conversion because they don't want to deal with crazy toe overlap, especially on smaller frames. Toe overlap on a 53cm or smaller frame is the major issue for me. On a track this isn't really an issue, but lets face it, i bet many of you don't ride on the track anyway...hell the closest one to me is near 3 hours.

You can get a good conversion frame often for under $150 where a cheap track/FG frames starts around $380ish (think surly). Sucks when that is stolen.

Also, if you are riding a conversion, it is probably an older frame and thus likely will not have water bottle, brake/shifter, or eyelet braze-ons anyway. Just a derailleur hanger, which is easily removable.

I would say atleast for me, the only major negative of riding a road frame is using a track tensioner which just doesn't seem to quite fit right...although they usually work. I fear the dropout eating axle-bolt.