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I think the reasoning is that I'm a bit of a Hope fanboy and wanted 'nice' (read vanity/boutique/poncy) parts for this (which does go against the idea of keeping it as cheap as possible thing). So my first thought was Hope must do a singlespeed hub and I'll be able to get one second hand easy as pie. Then when I saw they didn't really have a single speed, just the trials, I looked to other manufacturers for a singlespeed solution. When I didn't really find anything there that suited, I ended up considering Hope geard hubs with spacers. But that was more getting back onto Hope, than accepting that a regular geared hub would be the solution. 6-bolt Shimano would be the sensible move though. But then again, if that's the way my mind worked, all my bikes would have Kalloy posts and Novatec hubs.