I've found a lot of variability in freehub diameters among some of the
various boutique hub brands, ranging from impossibly oversized to
intolerably sloppy, even on the same model hub from one batch to the next.
Phil had some issues with pawls and/or the drive ring chipping and
breaking, which
There doesn't appear to be any digging into the the body, no. It's just a
really, unusually snug fit, like obnoxiously snug... like the maker didn't
machine it to spec.
At any rate, thanks Bill and Tim.
On Saturday, December 13, 2014 9:27:58 AM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote:
Is the issue that
For that price I'd live with it. Before I'd spend money on the Phil I'd
drop an extra $50 and start over with a White Industries hub, save a bunch
of weight, and have a hub that doesn't have excessive drag while coasting.
I have a Phil cassette hub that is many years old and well broken-in.
Is the issue that your steel cogs have dug into an aluminum hub body? If
so, I'd use that as a reminder to just get away from aluminum freehub
bodies forever. If your wheel is perfectly good, then I would live with
it, maybe try to file away gouges to make things a little more workable,
and
