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dear old sheldon also suggests filling down hollow axles and using a QR skewer as a kludge for chain tension with vertical dropouts (mmm, think i save that 1 for the emergency).
to be fair, i ran 3/32 for years with out much problem (2 chain launches in 18 years, but i don't think chain width had anything to do with that).
for me it's about using miche sprockets which are good quality, easy to change and cheap and i don't think they come in the 3/32 flavour.
obviously if you run a 1/8 cog you've got to run the chain as well.
the thing about the bushes in the chain is that modern multispeed chains are i think bushingless so they can make them thinner and easier to construct, i admit this is hearsay as i've not dismantled a chain this much and of course you are right that there should be very little perceptible difference between the 2.
the other thing for me is, despite not having legs like chris hoy, i use the chain as my primary brake (and i'm not that bothered about weight) so the added width goes well with my fat head ( @,@ ) .