@ jkalber87

I think that the real issue that you are going to have is finding a single speed or fixed gear that also has disc brakes and is lightweight (i.e., not necessarily an SS mountain bike). If you want a lightweight, road type single speed/fixed gear bike without the disc brakes, I think you'll find that a lot easier to find in a reasonable budget.

If you haven't already taking a look at these, I might point you toward the direction of the Aventon Cordoba or the Aventon Mataro. Both are available at sgvbicycles.com and I think both are also available at citygrounds.com but, don't quote me on that. Both are under $500, aluminum, and one has a carbon fork (Cordoba). I have heard good things about Aventon bikes and they spec out OK for light and fast type bikes. Also, I think that they do have some bike shops that are dealers. If there is one in your area, perhaps you can try before you buy.

Finally, the BD Kilo TT is amazing bike for the money and the Kilo WT is a really good version of that bike if you might want to run a little bit wider tire and possibly have the ability to add fenders and a back rack, I think.

@ ypsetihw

Claiming the someone has missed the fixed gear single speed 'craze' just because they are not buying one at the time when everyone and their brother was slapping some so-called cool sounding name on a really awfully built fixed gear/single speed bike with crappy components is kind of like saying that someone who buys a road bike now has totally missed the boat because they didn't buy a road bike when Lance was winning TdF's....