I own a Viking (fixed) as my commuter, its OK if you’re looking to just try the whole SS roadie thing out, but its not a “Nice” bike, its a VFM, functional beater bike, I changed the tyres and bars straight away, as they were awful, and I’ve just built a new rear wheel up as the bearings in the old one were shagged after 12 months of all weather use (and a bit of neglect), the front isn’t far from being replaced either…
I’ve always liked the look of the ~mid-late 00s Aluminium Langsters actually, more than the pompino/pompetamine, if buying 2nd hand and if you plan to do some miles with it, a lighter nicer frame/fork rather than a Gaspipe steel bargain bin job makes sense…
As ever tyre/guard clearances and mounts is also well worth having as you’re bound to want to use it in winter and save the geared bikes for sunny days…
I can see me shopping about for a lighter SS Frame/fork in a year or two to replace the Viking, probably something like a langster, it is already gradually having all of its parts replaced with slightly better ones…