Originally Posted by musicsucks
The funny thing is that i spent a lot of time doing research.
I got a ultegra road double (splined), which is going to become a fixed single. I spent so much time freaking about about keeping my straight, 45mm chainline (i think i did pretty good not to just go for the triple that gives technically a 45mm chainline but figuring out that the 43.5mm chainline of the double means that the big ring is at 45) that i didn't even really think about my frame being Italian. Marinoni is a canadian company forchristsakes.
also: i thought newbie/hipster was redundant?
What type of rear hub? Most track & flip/flops are made for a 42mm chainline.