Forgot to add that even the oldest and apparently most used of the Phil bbs and hubs I've owned *all* turned as smoothly, or (one or two) almost as smoothly, as the new ones I've turned. I've never maintained any of them.
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just for the record: in many miles and years of using Phil ss/fixed hubs > and bbs, many of each bought second or third or any other-hand -- the > wheelset on the erstwhile Herse used 3-piece Phil fw hubs -- in admittedly > dry conditions, I've never had any problem except twice with loosening bb > lockrings that were fixed with re-tightening. This includes the current, > old, steel-shelled -- how old, how many owners? -- bb on the Ram which was > converted from 116 to 103 using a hammer; and the custom 145 bb on a fixed > mtb that was ridden into 2 feet of water and never serviced -- it spun as > new when I disassembled the bike a year or so later (the ti Phil bb on my > commuter also got plenty of drenching rain and deep puddles). > > I don't say that Phill bbs and hubs won't degrade quickly in regular wet > weather use; don't know. But that is my experience (and my brother's, which > is even more extensive than mine -- So Cal, mostly). Also, my last *new* Phil > purchase (as opposed to much more recent purchases of even older and used > bbs and hubs) was the 2003 Ti bb for the commuter; perhaps the new ones > aren't up to the old ones. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *[I]n exploring the physical universe man has made no attempt to explore himself. Much of what goes by the name of pleasure is simply an effort to destroy consciousness. If one started by asking, what is man? what are his needs? how can he best express himself? one would discover that merely having the power to avoid work and live one’s life from birth to death in electric light and to the tune of tinned music is not a reason for doing so.”* * -- George Orwell, Pleasure Spots* *Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not money, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not money, it profiteth me nothing. Money suffereth long, and it is kind; money envieth not; money vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. . . . And now abideth faith, hope, money, these three; but the greatest of these is money. * * -- George Orwell, Keep The Apidistra Flying* -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
