if its the material you're worried about remember road bikes ridden for thousands of miles out of alu and carbon don't give out, i know somebody working on a fuji track pro for a few years and while the frames dented to hell its fine and the forks haven't given up. and you're not gonna be working the bike to the bone around uni are you? its all taste really, i'd take the track champion over a pompino (pretty boring?) . or if you want steel swap the parts over to a new precursa f+f for 200 quid and make it back off the frame?
if its the material you're worried about remember road bikes ridden for thousands of miles out of alu and carbon don't give out, i know somebody working on a fuji track pro for a few years and while the frames dented to hell its fine and the forks haven't given up. and you're not gonna be working the bike to the bone around uni are you? its all taste really, i'd take the track champion over a pompino (pretty boring?) . or if you want steel swap the parts over to a new precursa f+f for 200 quid and make it back off the frame?