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@CrazyJames
Of course no matter how strong you build a bike, its gonna break/wear out eventually, but the stronger the bike is the longer it will last, I never said it was the be all and end all of bikes, the OP was never really clear about exactly what he wanted initially, he said bombproof, I gave him my recommendations for making a bombproof fixed gear, as thats what I ride.
Yeah...sadly things in the realms of fixed gear trick parts aren't cheap, but then again a comparably strong bmx is not much difference price wise, and yet the bike is smaller, less metal etc, but at the end of the day you get what you pay for I guess.
I bmxed for 7-8 years and before that I started doing tricks on my MTB, I then moved to bmx because it was more fun and better suited to being abused on a daily basis, hence the reasoning behind my building up my bike the way I have.
I need a bike to commute on, but I still want to be a big kid and do silly bmx style stuff, it fits my needs perfectly, but its by no means the be all and end all of trick/freestyle/street riding etc, there are endless bikes out there that you can go big on and have a good time with, I hear what you're saying though, it would be nice if there were some cheap alternatives out there to make it more accessible to people. But the whole fixed-gear freestyle thing is still so new, give it time though and i'm sure it will happen, the bmx companies are already dabbling in this market and making some really cool tricks specific frames/parts, I remember the sunn b-mix, that was a sweet bike :)