well, thanks to keith i'm finally on my way to riding fixed. after much deliberation and humming and hawing as to what route to take, i've decided to buy a mark v. other than the stem (and a rear wheel to be built by cavernmech), all parts are still to be decided on. hope you can handle all my newbie questions over the next few weeks

unfortunately the bike won't be seeing the streets of toronto as it's heading to BC on wednesday. and it just dawned on me that i'll be bikeless for the next month as my geared bike is also heading there next week

anyhow, thrilled to finally be going fixed!