WHITE, do nooooot go with Phil. I had three failed Phil Wood hubs (the newest style) on my Atlantis until I finally switched. I have a Paul hub back there (Industry 9 freehub mechanism) and a White on my other bike. Both have been 100% perfect since I first laced them up. I used to have an older set of Phil road wheels which were perfect for many years. The new stuff just isn't living up to the rep, very sad to see as I love everything else about them. Their finish is second to none. Now I only ride their single speed hubs, just can't trust the freehub mechanism anymore.
I will say this though, their customer service and warranty replacement was perfect. They really did try to keep me on their hubs, kudos for that. On Friday, June 16, 2017 at 11:18:47 AM UTC-5, Philip Williamson wrote: > > On the other hand... everyone needs another fixie hub, right? > > I just bought a used King Classic on ebay for $120 shipped, to match a > front hub I've had in the drawer for a couple of years. I couldn't pull the > trigger on a $450 hub after all. > I'm probably going to build the wheelset with Sun CR-18 rims, since > they're the same internal width as the A23, 10g heavier, but half the cost. > > Philip > www.biketinker.com > > On Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 6:22:55 PM UTC-7, Clayton.sf wrote: >> >> Rich, my newer xt rear hub's freehub body seized twice. Original and the >> replacement in less than 2 years. This failure turns the hub into a fixed >> wheel unexpectedly and depending on when it happens the consequences can >> be serious. "Toning it down" in regards to this failure mode does not seem >> like a good idea to me. I am not the only one this happened to either. >> >> Clayton Scott >> SF, CA >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
