Alrighty, here we go....

My friend Dan was just told by his wife that he is allowed to spend no more than $1,000 on a nice track bike. Dan has been riding fixed gear for about 2 years now and has been using a converted Panasonic. This thing has been trashed so many times on Philly's streets that its hardly worth putting anymore money into it. Dan feels he has "Paid his dues" riding a crappy bike for this long and would really like to treat himself to a "True Trackbike" as he says. I figure he would be better off getting a Fuji track bike or something else which is more "road friendly"... but he is deadset on something better. You can include both "already built up bikes" or "these are the parts I would buy and put together" type stuff.

If you had a $1,000 budget, what would you be riding?

Both Dan and I ride everyday in the city, so this thing will have to be able to stand up to the Philly streets.

thanks!