On Dec 12, 2008, at 2:34 PM, Dustin Sharp wrote:

> Anyone know if Riv's $180 freewheel hubs are the same as the 135mm  
> freewheel
> hubs that Phil Wood sells on its own website for $150?
>
> http://www.rivbike.com/products/list/ 
> wheels_hubs_and_so_on#product=18-259
>
> http://www.philwood.com/Spectouringhubs.htm
>
> I'm intrigued by the idea of using an IRD 7-speed freewheel and index
> shifting, but am a little put off at the $600 price tag for a  
> complete Phil
> Wood (Freewheel) wheelset from Riv.

Not according to the few photos of the hubs on Phil's site- the  
kidney bean shaped holes in the flanges are missing.  An extra $30 to  
machine those is reasonable.

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