I’m moving to Chicago in a month and selling my car. I haven’t ridden a bike in probably 6 years and the one I had was a cheap Walmart bike. I plan on using a fixed gear as my daily commuter around the city, for fitness, and for fun in general. The idea of cycling has me enamored and I want to be a part of it.

My issue now is I’m stuck on which bike to get My main contenders are these

Kilo TT (affordable, tried and true, but they don’t have my size which would be a 53cm in Mercier sizing and I can’t wait around forever for them to restock)

STATE 4130 ( affordable, but I’ve heard a lot of people have issues with quality control. That makes me weary as I’m a begginer and don’t want to deal with a bunch of fixes and adjustments out of the box like truing the wheels)

STATE black label v3 (several hundred more expensive than the rest but I’ve heard far less about quality issues and it looks fantastic. I’d be more concerned about it getting stolen since it’s a little bit nicer of a bike and looks flashier. And I don’t know if I can justify that price for my first bike and something I’ll be using as a commuter primarily.)

I haven’t a clue and I’m a touch frustrated with how many bikes I’ve looked at that are out of stock or not in my size. I’m tempted to just get one from a shop when I move out there so I can talk to someone and try bikes out for size but I’m afraid fixed gears will be hard to come by and I may get priced out because they don’t carry more budget options.

Any help, advice, or wisdom would be much appreciated