Re-packing hubs is one of my favorite bike maintenance things to do. Just a good feeling of satisfaction after completing it.
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 5:40 PM, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > My Sam Hillborne has a Phil f/w rear hub. It's very nice. Very > little dish and strong. Since building the wheel earlier this year, > have yet to touch it with a spoke wrench. > > Another bike has Shimano XT hubs and I repacked the rear hub bearings > after about 1,000 miles. > > That said - the repack was easy with the right tools and, again with > the right tools, is quite easy to take a cassette off. Not > necessarily the case with a freewheel. > > Purchased the Phil hub because I really wanted a Phil hub. Had lusted > after them since the early 1980's. Finally decided to take the > plunge. Plus my LBS gave me a price I could not refuse. (Thanks > again to Jim at Hiawatha for that and for teaching me how to build a > wheel.) > > If you really want a Phil, go for it. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Jul 17, 4:05 pm, hobie <moho1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I have always considered Phil Hubs but never took the plunge.My first > > Riv was a Saluki w. 650b budget wheelset.I have since took the plunge > > on Phil wheels and B.B..One wheelset is a cassette for my touring > > Saluki,pricey though.The other is a Phil rear freewheel not to > > pricey.They are both excellent. I would go for the freewheel,it > > doesn't cost a fortune and your getting Phil quality that just rools > > and rolls and rolls.If your concerned w. the avalability of freewheels > > in the future buy 2 IRD's.Store one for the future.If you get the Phil > > you have piece of mind that you have the best.If you get the budget > > set you'll always be thinking how you should have gotten the Phil.They > > will last you a lifetime. > > > > On Jul 16, 5:02 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?- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- 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.
