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Submitted by
Richard
a Cross Country Rider
from Portland, OR
Date Reviewed: May 21, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | Livermore Schwinn | | Strengths: | Design | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano, Suntour, Campagnolo | | Bike Setup: | 23 pound Cannondale V (pepperoni fork)- indestructable trail bike | | Bottom Line: | Designed and executed with quality materials and craft. With 18 years and >10,000 mi the hub is as new. I ma convinced there is no other product available on the market with this level of craftsmanship. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from Saint Louis, Missouri USA
Date Reviewed: December 13, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Berryman | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | American made, Highest quality. | | Weaknesses: | None. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano, Chris King, etc... | | Bottom Line: | Easily and by far the best hubs for bicycles, period. They roll waaaaaay better than Chris Kings and look just as good. Never a problem and are way simpler to work on than CK's, if they ever need it. The Phil Wood grease is excellent also. No better out there! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rider Strider
a Cross Country Rider
from Rockville
Date Reviewed: October 18, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Super Smooth rolling hub, like butter baby. | | Weaknesses: | None. Expensive new, but I scored a lightly used wheel cheap on eBay | | Similar Products Used: | Many: XT, DT Hugi, Campy record, Mavic | | Bottom Line: | Hugi hubs are great, but after I tacoed the front wheel, I bought a Phil Wood front wheel as a spare replacement while the original hugi hub was being rebuilt. The Phil Wood is noticeably smoother -- so even with the hugi hand laced to a new rim, I still ride the used Phil wood. No hype here -- this is true red, white and blue quality. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ronn Houtz
a Weekend Warrior
from Wichita, KS USA
Date Reviewed: October 8, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$55.00 | | Purchased At: | Brick's Bike Shop | | Strengths: | Reliable, smooth, beautiful | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Campy, Shimano | | Bike Setup: | Fiji Racer | | Bottom Line: | Started using for road racing 1973, now mostly touring and street biking. Have used the same set trouble free for 33 years | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jerry
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from N.AZ.
Date Reviewed: March 25, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Wagon wheel | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | Smoothness, longevity, super customer service (needed for special request, not for repair -- thanks Brent!) flanges make for a nice build. | | Weaknesses: | absolutely none | | Similar Products Used: | numerous. | | Bike Setup: | steel | | Bottom Line: | Of course you can spend a few more bucks and get a king hub -- but why? Phil's will last you forever, spin as well as or better than anything else, support a smaller company doing excellent work, and won't ever wear out. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Carlos
a Cross Country Rider
from Lakewood, CO USA
Date Reviewed: December 9, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | White Rim | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$170.00 | | Strengths: | They’re indestructible, maintenance free, good fit and finish and backed by great product support. | | Weaknesses: | They’re somewhat heavier then similar products, but who cares? | | Similar Products Used: | This is the only brand I have used on my tandems. I started with Phil Wood on the road tandem (11 years problem free). This is the second set on the mountain tandem; the first set were not disk hubs. Those hubs went through five years of some pretty rough use, two set of rims and their still in near perfect condition. I’m staying with a brand that has really worked well for me! | | Bottom Line: | IBIS Cousin It (tandem), XT shifters, XTR derailleurs, LX cranks, 11-34 cassette, White Brothers TM 1.0, Hope Mono6ti (205mm rotors) front and rear and Phil Wood Disk/Mavic EX 729 wheels with a Continental Vertical Pro Tection2.3 on the front and a Continental Survival Pro Tection 2.3 on the rear | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew
a Cross Country Rider
from Provo UT
Date Reviewed: August 14, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | lions back moab | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$470.00 | | Purchased At: | direct from phil wood | | Strengths: | Toughest, stongest, longest lasting hubs on the planet. PERIOD. These hubs are built to last a lifetime. Silky smooth bearings. Just hold one in your hand and thats all it takes. | | Weaknesses: | Your kidding right? Cost is not a weakness, its called "get what you pay for" Ok, so theyre a little on the heavy side but thats one of the things about them, you know theyre bullet-proof | | Similar Products Used: | xt, xtr, and a few other shimano disposable hubs | | Bike Setup: | Salsa Cross bike, dura ace, king hs, avid mech discs, | | Bottom Line: | These hubs are by far the greatest built and best looking hubs sold anywhere, If you are considering using phil hubs, stop thinking about it and get them. If you dont have the money, SAVE UP! Cant beat the service by the guys at Phil either. I will never buy any other hub. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ibis Breezer
a Cross Country Rider
from Dallas, Republic of Texas
Date Reviewed: May 6, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | The next one I ride | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Phil Wood hubs are a thing of great beauty. The run silent and are completely maintenance free and are so darn good looking and sweet to ride I am motivated to take the commuter bike much more often than to drive to work. | | Weaknesses: | Some would call them heavy, and they are pricey and hard to find. Most shops don't deal in enough Phil stuff to keep it in stock so you will have to special order most of the time. | | Similar Products Used: | I have a bunch of bikes with different wheels. I have three pairs of Phil-based wheels, some Shimano XTs, American Classics, and of course Chris Kings. | | Bike Setup: | M1A2 Main Battle Bike. Commuter terrorist machine with full racks, coated with reflecto tape and packing a set of lights that will melt oncoming automobiles. Also a 29" singlespeed with Phils, and an old rigid mountain bike with Phils. | | Bottom Line: | All of the praise people bestow on Phil Wood hubs is completely deserved, as far as I can tell. I scored a pair of Phil tandem hubs for my commuter from the LBS for their cost ($277) because someone ordered them and then changed their mind after they arrived. Must have been cranial flatulence to leave these things for something else. The front came with bolt-on axle, perfect for a bike with racks. I had the rear cassette hub sent back to San Hose for mods to a bolt-on axle and it was back in a week, all polished and ready to lace. I have built a dozen wheels this past winter, three pairs with Phils, and for whatever reason they are the easiest to build up and true. Plus they are just gorgeous. Yeah, they weigh more than a lot of stuff on the market but I don't care, once the bike is loaded and I am on it the total difference it probably on the order of 0.1% of total tonnage. Who cares, I ride along on something way to fine for most of you wieners. Hahahaha. Work to eat, eat to live, live to ride, ride to work! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
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from North Texas USA
Date Reviewed: January 12, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | 90 | | Strengths: | Strong, smooth and maintenance free! Looks great after 3 years of use in rain, sleet, snow and mud. Works off road, on road and handled commuting chores without a complaint. Slap it on and ride with no worries. When a person dogs a Phil hub, lets me know who to ignore. | | Weaknesses: | If using a suspension fork, order it with the solid axle. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano Deore LX, 105's, SRAM, Sachs and others | | Bike Setup: | Fully suspended recumbent with XT/Ultegra/105/Avid setup. I know I am not supposed to off-road a recumbent...but that is were the full suspension comes in. | | Bottom Line: | Buy it, lace it up to a strong rim and forget about it. No maintenance, no screwing around with bearings or lube... I use it on the front wheel of a recumbent (20" wheel) the faster spin speeds of the 20" are a little harder on bearings so I went for the most durable and maintenance-free hub out there. 3 years later, I still have not gotten around to a Phil rear hub...but I will when the 105 dies. Best $90 I ever spent on a bicycle part. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob dole
a Downhiller
from Ft.Bragg
Date Reviewed: February 2, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | These hubs are by far the finest hubs built. A little bit heaver then some but whats weight anyways? its like taking a leak while you ride. Phil's drop kick any other hub out there, givem' a look and tell them "beatch please" | | Bottom Line: | For the best SS hubs buy a set of phil's, they will be there for your kids to ride. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Crazy Bit$%
a Weekend Warrior
from Upstate NY
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$170.00 | | Purchased At: | Phil Wood direct | | Strengths: | The finest,longest-lastin',burliest,overdesigned,most beautiful hubs in existence.KICK ASS!!! | | Weaknesses: | None,'cept for the price.These are damn nice hubs.Chris King?Who's that? | | Similar Products Used: | XT and LX hubs,Specialized hubs | | Bike Setup: | Surly 1x1 | | Bottom Line: | I bought my Surly 1x1 last year with a Phil Wood Kiss-off rear hub and an XT up front,both laced to 36-hole Sun Rhyno Lites.I love the Phil.It was SOOO stiff and so easy to build a wheel off of,I wonder why more designers don't design their hubs like this.
After the shi#tily-sealed XT front hub died after 8 months,I saved up some dough and bought myself a FSA front hub,and rebuilt my Sun around it.
Fast-forward 3 months.I have beaten the living sh%t out of these hubs.Mud,rain,stair drops,boulders,just absolutely heinous abuse,day after day.My rims have been through so much hell.The Suns are on their last legs.
As for the Phils..
I haven't needed to take them apart.NOT ONCE.
I think these hubs will outlive me long after I'm dead and buried.
Have you seen a Shimano hub last 10 years straight?I didn't think so!
Get these hubs,both front and rear.They're great stuff.Even if the price is high,they are SO,SO worth it..where's that goddamn 6-chili option?! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Fish
a Weekend Warrior
from Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: February 13, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Hi flanges, Bomb proof, available in a bolt on. | | Weaknesses: | what, not these hubs | | Similar Products Used: | XT, XTR, GT | | Bottom Line: | These hubs are far the best hubs I have seen. Phil wood is great company. The Tall Flanges require shorter spokes which make a stronger wheel. Plus the cost is half of what all the major brands are. Buy it if you want a durable, long lasting, smooth hub. Don't buy it if you want a huffy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
s danyo
a Downhiller
from seoul + atlanta + san fran
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | The Middle Finger (Seoul) | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | durable, easily rebuildable, stiff | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | hugi, lx, kt, xtr, atac, ritchey, etc. | | Bike Setup: | from third world tourers to XC racers to freeriders to DH racers, this hub works with it all. | | Bottom Line: | This hub has outlasted the following frames, all of which broke while this hub was attached:
Mantis Pro-floater
Klein Pulse
KHS Team Cro-mo
FSR Extreme
The only other original part that survived the original bike (1995) is a Syncros seatpost. Everything else went the way of the do-do bird.
I agree with everything everyone else has written. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
craig
a Cross Country Rider
from fayetteville
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | durability, rigidity, looks | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | lx. xt, xtr | | Bottom Line: | Wow, these are by far the best hubs on the market, they are a little heavier than some, but stiffer than all, you will not regret buying any Phil Wood hubs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Tracy
a Weekend Warrior
from Columbia, MO
Date Reviewed: November 23, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Butano-PescaderoCreek | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Bomb-proof front wheel, very easy to service | | Weaknesses: |
a little heavy, but is not a place to be shaving grams | | Similar Products Used: |
Phil Wood press-fit front hub | | Bike Setup: |
Bontrager Race-Lite, Judy SL | | Bottom Line: | If you run a suspension fork, use a bolt style hub. This is why I run a Phil. The bolt axle will do more for curing a sloppy fork than any quick release can, except maybe some of the thick ones like the Specialized Stout Hub. I had a wheel built with a quick-release Phil press-fit hub built (32 hole, radial heads in, staight gauge 15 spokes) used with a Mag 20 and was it ever flexy. Brake pads rubbing while out of the saddle, front wheel wandering while desending rock gardens, etc. I took the wheel to Phil Wood and had the axle replaced with a bolt style one. My fork flexed no more. For the weight-weenies SRP makes a titanium seat-post bolt that works with the FSA hub. This hub is a one-time investment. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dr. Downhill
a weekend warrior
from mt. diablo, ca
Date Reviewed: February 2, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
Phil hubs are fantastic. If you want a hub set of very high quality that will last you a long time, Phil's are the only consideration. I've got a pair from a 1972 Schwinn Paramount tandem that are still rolling smooth. Can any other hubset top that? | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gary
a cross-country rider
from Torrance
Date Reviewed: November 23, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I used a pair of Phil Wood road hubs for 15 years without ever having to change bearings or any other part. For that reason I purchased hubs for my new moutain bike and have continued to enjoy the smoothest set of bearings around. They may be slightly heavier than other hubs, but when it comes to quality and durability, these are as good as they get. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Anthony S.
a cross-country rider
from Rockford, IL
Date Reviewed: November 11, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Phil Wood hubs are the last hubs you will ever have to buy. Lace them up to some high quality rims with some durable spokes...and you can just ride and ride. Forget about flanges breaking. Don't worry about bearings wearing out too soon. Just ride. These hubs are the absolute best. Five chilies for simplicity and durability. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Robb
a cross-country rider
from Pasadena, CA
Date Reviewed: July 23, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I'd never seen a Phil Wood hub in a store. I'd never seen an ad for the company. I've never seen anyone else riding them. But they rock. They are bombproof, last forever, are easily serviceable and have the smoothest bearings I've ever seen. I had a pair of XTRs for a while but they just don't compare. The Phil Woods are so much smoother its amazing. I've never had a problem in the thousands of miles I've ridden them as I've replaced half my parts. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kris
a cross-country rider
from AK
Date Reviewed: May 7, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I have used these hubs on many bike treks around different parts of the world. I have had no problems at all. These hubs I feel are the most reliable for touring because they are easily disasembled and serviced with two allen wrenches. The casette bearing then is easily replaced in 10 minutes. I have riden over 2,500 miles with no problems at all. The will last forever. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
old Crank
a weekend warrior
from Atlanta
Date Reviewed: March 29, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
When I submitted the review of the Phil Wood FSA cassette rear hub, I completely forgot to include
mention of the Phil front hub. That is a tribute to the quality of the hub (if it's working right, you forget
about it). When my LX front hub exploded, leaving loose bearings all over the mountain near Hellen,
Ga., I built a wheel around a new Phil Wood hub. These hubs, front and rear, are, quite frankly, the
best in the world. They are tough enough to be de rigeur on tandems, and the bearings are as smooth
as anything out there - better than most. | | Overall Rating: |
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