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Amazing how much you learn from this forum. When I joined - all of a week ago - I thought it would be a really good idea to buy a Langster London from FW Evans. I have seen the error of my ways. They fucked up ordering the bike in, so I have my money back, and have a different plan instead. Seeing as you were all so incredibly helpful about what to do with my 1965 Gillott (thanks all), I thought I'd get your advice again.
Basically, after reading stuff on here and looking at some of the websites I want to do a really nice steel frame custom-built fixie - know what kit I want, what paint, etc. However, I am hugely impatient and can't wait the month or so it will take to build to start riding fixed. So I'm going to get an off-the-shelf fixie too, which I'll ride for a while, then trick out with a nice paint job, set of Velocities, etc.
Question is, which ready-made bike do I pick? I know standard Langsters get a bad press on here, but I rode an '08 today and liked it - so much lighter than the steel LeMond Fillmore and Fuji Track, much better finishing kit than the Giant Bowery, and at £360 for an '07 from Brixton Cycles it's way cheaper than the LeMond or the Pompino or the Genesis Flyer. Thought the ride was okay, and once I've built the other bike it'll be nice to have one alu and one classic steel-framed fixie...
I'm really still learning about all this - anyone reckon I'm making a colossal mistake picking a Langster?