here's my two cents on the matter. Buy an older, cheap roadie and use the money you save to upgrade the components/ put STI style shifters on it/ put decent modern, light wheels on. You'll be in under the price for a hooked up new road bike and you'll have a great ride that might be slightly heavier than a contemporary frame.

Plus, you can run a quill stem on it to keep true to your old school track roots.