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I was going to go the bmx crank route, BUT after lengthy discussion with other people that have done it
(including SuperTed and a few of the FixedGearLondon guys), and talking about other alternatives, splined tree chainrings, non-splined normal bmx chainrings etc etc.....
I reached the conclusion that its simply not worth doing it, until they come out with a better solution for fixed that isn't a bodge, and cranks with a narrower Q factor.
In the meantime I am looking at saving up for some downhill MTB cranks, specifically these: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=26950 as the Q factor will remain very similar to track cranks, but you still get a massive increase in strength :)