First, I'd get a cassette hub instead of a fw hub; much easier to find replacement clusters. Perhaps others know something I don't and fws are easier to find that I know, but one certainly sees more ads for cassettes than for fws.
As to PW quality: My 1999 custom Joe Starck road fixied turned 10,000 miles not too long ago -- I found that the Avocet 35 had been stuck at 9,999 for some time, so I don't know how long ago -- and the Phil rear hub and the Phil bb are as new, to tell by their smoothness. Of course, the old SunTour cartridge front and the Tange RollerBall headseat are also as new .... On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Powderpiggy <ke...@mid-columbia-coho.net>wrote: > I plan to purchase a Betty Foy....I have been oggling the Betty Foy's > online since as long as they have been around, and the Glorius before > her. This would be my first Riv (and probably only as I don't have > huge expendable income). This is a major purchase form me so I am > thinking it would be worth it to make sure I don't just go cheap, but > get it built up to something that I will love for years and years and > not wish I had spent a little more to get an upgrated X or Y. > > I plan to use the Betty Foy for short tours (7-10 days likely the > longest), bike commuting, tootling around town, and perhaps centuries > or longer (I have a very lightweight road bike that has served this > purpose but is not suited for touring, commuting, tootling, etc). > > Soooo....my thought is that the wheelset would be the most important > thing to upgrade (beyond the 'budget' wheelset. Are the Phil Wood > hubs really worth the money? What would you do? I am hugely > intimdated by the cost but am intreged with the 'Riv' Phil Wood hubs > that work with a freewheel. I have no experience in this area as my > only bike has a cassette. > > What would you upgrade and why? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
