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@Sightblinder
As a half way house between buying and building your own, and the cheapest option, you could convert the existing wheel. Replace the current freewheel with a screw on fixed cog, adjust the spacing to get the chain line right and and re-dish the wheel yourself. It's work, but you'll learn about setting up a chain line, truing and dishing a wheel and know that you did it yourself.