My bike is going to get stolen no matter what I get so I should just save the money and not lock it at all. At the same time it is always completely necessary to lock your frame, both wheels, chainring, saddle, and handlebars. You should spend no less than $300 on locks.

And since this is a DIY thread... my girlfriends dad is a welder and I was thinking of asking him to cut off the horizontal dropouts and putting in some track drops. I really love my frame... it isn't like super nice or anything but it fits me awesomely and it's steel lugged. Is it worth all the work from track dropouts? what are the advantages/disadvantages? You guys are probably gonna tell me to just go out get a new steel lugged track frame because it's stupid to put any time or work into your bike if it isn't njs certified.