Jamis Sputnik: a fixed gear factory produced track bike

In my earlier post on bicycles, I talked about beautiful pared down cycles. This is the one that I found so beautiful in the store, the Jamis Sputnik. As my new bike became increasingly cluttered with lights, computer, panier rack, horn and lock, I looked increasingly enviously at the impractical matt black beauty of the enticingly named Sputnik, which is, attractively, only about $800. It looks more startingly beautiful in real life than in this photo. That's the problem with photos of bikes.