The Perpetual Upgrade

I'm sick on holiday vacation, and can't go out beer drinking in Portland like I normally would.  After reading about health, nutrition, environmentalism, and the dairy and meat industries' corrupt hold on the national discourse on diet, naturally I have turned my attention to researching expensive and pointless upgrades to my shitty 4130 track frame (that I love, I might add).

Ben Hur wingnuts.  British thread.  Balls.

Velo Orange stainless steel wingnuts.  Nice work, VO, as always.  I prefer the three-pronged Ben Hur's above, but these are pretty sweet. Question is,  can one reasonably replace wrenched axle nuts with wingnuts? Is there enough leverage? Also, these do not appear to come with the free floating attached washer, may want to add?

"Italian" wingnuts (not talking about my mother)

Sturmey Archer S3X internally geared fixed hub. Hard to find in 120mm spacing with 32 holes (vs. 36).  And I will be running this free with a 17 tooth ACS cog.  That is, if I can find this hub in the right specs, which is looking like an increasingly dubious feat.

SRAM Omnium crankset, 144 bcd.  According to the talking heads on Velospace and Bike Forums, one would be led to believe that this is a reasonable upgrade for a non-track racer.  It's the lightest, stiffest, most reliable for the money, despite some reports of "drag" due to external bearings on the bottom bracket (though I am not convinced that 96% of us could ever tell).  Plus they come with the bottom bracket.  It all can be yours for $150...

Just be aware that Omniums are going onto THESE bikes, they have no BUSINESS on anything that isn't used on a track.    Please.  This is why Bike Forums and Velospace is a horrible place to research:  it's a bunch of dudes that pull out the proverbial ruler over every single component you could possibly consider upgrading on your bike.

FSA Gimondi 130 BCD 48t.  170mm.  Now here's the rub on these:  for about $40 more, you can get the Omniums WITH a bottom bracket.  So in the end it may be actually more practical to be the douche with over-legit cranks on your townie vs. picking up something more "appropriate."  But these definitely have the right look for certain builds.

Paul Racer Mediums.  What a hot piece of hardware.