Recommend me singlespeed hubs
- Thread starter Bowie
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Just built up a wheel with a Phil Wood Kiss-Off for my singlespeed. I've done a couple of hundred miles on it - solid, finish is better than the best Campag Record, smooth as a cashmere codpiece, wheel spins forever.
I paired it with a White Industries freewheel off my old hub (a Hope screw-on built up with the axle reversed). After 10 years it had developed a click due to me bending the axle. I still run the Hope lightweight on the front. No other hub as light (70g).
It's £95, well worth it compared to the Surly which looks plain crude by comparison. Disc and fix/free versions are available.
https://www.totalcycling.com/en/Phil-Wo ... 18364.aspx
I paired it with a White Industries freewheel off my old hub (a Hope screw-on built up with the axle reversed). After 10 years it had developed a click due to me bending the axle. I still run the Hope lightweight on the front. No other hub as light (70g).
It's £95, well worth it compared to the Surly which looks plain crude by comparison. Disc and fix/free versions are available.
https://www.totalcycling.com/en/Phil-Wo ... 18364.aspx
torqueless
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Just out of interest hamster what is the distance between hub flanges on the Phil Wood?
I cut a Quando in half a few years back and interference-fitted a few inches cut off one end of an alloy handlebar in between- tired of single-speed wheels with pointless dish. it's pretty close to 70mm between flanges.
Just out of interest hamster what is the distance between hub flanges on the Phil Wood?
I cut a Quando in half a few years back and interference-fitted a few inches cut off one end of an alloy handlebar in between- tired of single-speed wheels with pointless dish. it's pretty close to 70mm between flanges.
That's a nice trick!
The Phil Wood is 78.2mm between flanges, symmetrical, with 57.8mm pcd diameter.
Big, dishless and bombproof!
http://www.philwood.com/philpdfs/wheelb ... _break.pdf
The Phil Wood is 78.2mm between flanges, symmetrical, with 57.8mm pcd diameter.
Big, dishless and bombproof!
http://www.philwood.com/philpdfs/wheelb ... _break.pdf
torqueless
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Thanks.
Yeah these wide-flanged symmetrical rear wheels do inspire confidence don't they?
..although probably the only person who's confident in my Quando (actually it might be a Joytech) is me..
Thanks.
Yeah these wide-flanged symmetrical rear wheels do inspire confidence don't they?
..although probably the only person who's confident in my Quando (actually it might be a Joytech) is me..
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They will all take punishment, the thing I like about the Phil is that it has that kind of 'fit and forget' feel. Bearing in mind my singlespeed gets ridden year round, little maintenance is necessary other than brake blocks and occasional chains. After 8 years I finally ground out a bottom bracket.
torqueless":zzd1ees9 said:Thanks.
Yeah these wide-flanged symmetrical rear wheels do inspire confidence don't they?
..although probably the only person who's confident in my Quando (actually it might be a Joytech) is me..
They will all take punishment, the thing I like about the Phil is that it has that kind of 'fit and forget' feel. Bearing in mind my singlespeed gets ridden year round, little maintenance is necessary other than brake blocks and occasional chains. After 8 years I finally ground out a bottom bracket.
