I've been meaning to build/convert a fixie for a long long time, but it doesn't seem to be happening, probably because I am viciously lazy when it comes to that sort of thing. So I toy with the idea of some ready-made.

I don't really care for the looks of the Bianchi Pista, & it seems kind of pricey to me. But recently I saw the Gunnar website with their "Street Dog" or some such, which is a nice looking, clean, front-brake only fixie. Am I just being a chump, thinking about an off the shelf fixie? Would it be a waste of money & a total poseur move? (I don't actually know the price, so that's an open issue.)

I had never heard of the Seattle dealer, either, "Perfect Wheels" -- are they ok? I don't get up in that area much so I never ran into them; but I've never heard of them either; most people seem to talk about Recycled Cycles when they talk about fixies.

As fixies are becoming more popular, are there other off the shelf models that are ok?