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@Velocio
Bear in mind that if you ride fixed, then the frame has a bottom bracket that is raised higher from the ground than a road bike. This is to stop your pedal smashing into the floor and throwing you off when you corner.
As such, you buy track frames that are smaller than whatever size road bike you have.
I would always recommend being fitted for a bike. Always.
Oh, and Condor can be rude and patronising at times, and they can also be incredibly friendly, patient and helpful. Try and visit them when they're quiet if you can, you stand a better chance at getting the latter.
They all know their stuff, but I've found consistently that the older guys who work there really care about getting it right for you, the younger guys seem to vary according to the weather. As I told Alex (on here), I bought a Serotta from Cycle Fit when I actually wanted a Colnago from Condor, just because the guy who served me that day was rude as hell. I walked down the road and booked in with Cycle Fit instead. Cycle Fit aren't a shop that do track bikes though, well unless you want to drop thousands on some custom machine.