Originally Posted by
palladio
Seriously, the whole SS/FG thing has become so fashionista, good luck finding a decent vintage track frame for a sane price. People are getting huge dollars even for beat up frames, and the larger sizes are hard to find. You're looking at over $1,000 for anything in decent shape. I know, I looked for six months and finally gave up and bought a mint Colnago Super road frame/fork for $500 which I'm going to build up as a FG too for now.
It's kind of ironic. I'd bet the same guys here hating on this conversion, would flame even harder if someone bought a vintage track frame and drilled the fork for a front brake. So basically, the rest of us are only supposed ride Somas or other modern Taiwanese frames if we want a steel FG for road use? Or we're expected to spend $2000-3000 just to build up a "proper" vintage steel ride for FG?
being a new jack must be so hard these days...
i love how morons will pay $500 to start a used half-assed fixed build but ignore the builders making remarkable to-order track frames out of 631 for $600.