You're on target about upgrading wheels. I have two bikes with Phil Wood freewheel hubs. Other than a polish now and then I haven't touched them in twelve years! Freewheel hubs are less expensive than the cassette hubs and there still seems to be a good availability of freewheels. Unless the Phils will break you I would bite the bullet and get them. You'll never have to even think about hubs again.
On Jul 16, 2:02 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
