I did find what I needed. Many thanks to Julian W. for a hot tip on someone who was selling exactly what I was looking for on a distant FB marketplace.
Willet M. On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 2:13:14 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > FWIW, I'm not sure of too many bike part makers who service/supply parts > for things that they sold 12+ years ago. > > A number of years ago I had a tandem wheel with one of White's early Daisy > hubs that had an issue -- no dice in getting parts. Small makers, evolving > designs, and time all make that a bit tough. > > This issue is not just limited to small makers, though -- the big ones are > worse in my experience. > > Just try getting parts for Shimano gear made just 3 or 4 years ago. ;) > > Campy historically has been pretty good about supporting older designs, > but just went through an interesting experience trying to get some parts > to refurbish a set of Campy Record brifters of similar age -- no parts > available from Campy, but did find a small shop that had the parts. > > The good news is that a moderately cared for Phil hub is likely to last > for many miles and many years, so not too much of a worry. > > Julian Westerhout > Bloomington, IL > > On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 2:13:01 AM UTC-6 Nick Payne wrote: > >> You'd be buying obsolescence. I have one of these hubs, with about a >> dozen years of use on it, and when I tried to get some replacement pawls >> for it from Phil recently, as the pawls are starting to lose engagement >> every so often and jump, the response was that they don't have the pawls >> for those old hubs any longer (they changed the pawl design a few years >> ago), and the only option was to send it back to them for an upgrade to >> 11-speed freehub, at a cost, not including shipping, of $US250. As I can >> buy >> >> I'd be looking for something like a White Industries MI5 instead. >> >> Nick Payne >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d900032f-ee24-4c0f-90b9-9c6c1c5ce00an%40googlegroups.com.
