Originally Posted by BenATX

I would love to hear the view of a world class track team's top mechanic (among others) because I have also wondered about this issue. However, thus far all we have gotten is your saying that he said the issue was chainline... and that is pretty obviously not an issue. On the other hand, we have Sheldon Brown and several other riders all saying that they have used it themselves with no problems. So... regardless of how long ago the topic died of debate in pubs and coffeehouses, I am going to have to go with experience over you said he said. I'm still open to more info, of course...