Well my budget fixie project is fast becoming a big-budget project I was going to use a crappy tigged steel frame my mum used to ride, but I don't like it. Then I toyed with the idea of buying some lugs and tubes from Ceeway (www.framebuilding.com) and getting my cousin to teach me to braze, but what with uni and the fact it's really hard to build a frame without a jig I don't think that'll happen. So now I'm looking at an Il Pompino (www.on-one.co.uk). It's pretty much perfect for what I want, even in the right colour, and comes with a carbon fork for just £300 (about $550), and canti mounts too (wouldn't have chosen them, but I don't have a choice).

Does anyone have one? Do you like it? Anything else in the 'singlespeed, 700c, racks, fenders, bottles, road geometry' bracket I should look at? I've looked at Surly's page a million times and I still don't like them much (nice frames, just not for me).

Since it has canti mounts, I'll need some new brakes, but cantis or mini Vs? I have road levers so proper Vs are out. I'm thinking mini Vs, they look neater and don't need ugly cable hangers, but I'm open to suggestions.

Finally, does anyone want a tigged steel compact hybrid with a 1" Ahead Look alloy fork, front brake and seatpost?