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Cheers mate, that is the sensible solution tbh however I have yet to ride a proper track specific bike frame and my old conversion fixed gear was giving me a few problems hence me getting rid of it. The problem I encounted was the chainline alignment was not straight as my BB was too wide. Also the rear wheel would slideout of the dropouts whenever I tried to skid for a prelonged amount of time, proably due to the dropout bolts being worn. Another problem I had was clipping my cranks when cornering. The first two problems aren't mutually exclusive to conversions but I would prefer the peace of mind of riding a track frame
Here's some pictures of it, sure was pretty sleek ;)
LouisMTB
@souldoubt
That's a nice bike, you could always find a rear fixed/freewheel and swap it out, strip off the gears and get some swept back bars. You could probably split the chain and have the length you need. Keep all the bits you take off and change back in the future if you ever wanted to. Those horizontal-ish dropouts probably wouldn't even need a chain tensioner. That's what I'd do. Then I'd still have a nice bike that I'd converted myself for little fuss and cost.