The thing is that right now I have to pay for school and Villanova is not cheap( I wish I was still paying philadelphia community tuition though) . Hence I only have a certain amount I can spend now. Once I move, start another job and school I can always save and upgrade later. I like the pista too but it ends up being expensive to make a new one into a singlespeed (see reason above why fixed is not an option right now)

Does the pista have a rear brake mount? I don't think I could get away with just a front brake where I am moving. I am going to go down this week to a shop that has bianchis and see if I can find an older pista which may be cheaper. I will also go around town and see what my options are for used bikes so that is still an option if I find a nice deal.

The shop down here has 5 2005 langsters in stock with more on the way next week is what the guy said.