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hil Wood got started in 1971, when modular sealed bearings were new on the market. A lifetime guarantee has kept even those first-generation products on the road, and the company's commitment to longevity means that Phil-specced high-end bearings will likely be available till the end of this century. Phil stuff is always spare and functionally elegant, with nothing to go out of fashion. Plus they build everything. If you need a track hub in 126mm spacing or a sealed BB with Italian threads, Phil is always your first call.
HIGH FLANGE | MAGPIES | LOW FLANGE | ANO ||
SPROCKETS || BB || CHROME DOMES
The Phil high-flange rear is a true classic: clean, simple and timeless, but also smooth-running and tough as old boots. It's designated as a track hub, but we know many people who ride HFs on the road, and one or two take them offroad. We don't have an opinion, of course, but loads of people swear that high flanges are the only choice if you want to build a stiff, responsive wheel. The stock bolt-on HF 120mm/32h doublefixed is our biggest Phil seller, but we have sourced several other configurations. For info on other drillings, spacings and so on, email. The stock hub comes with two Phil lockrings and mounting bolts. Out of 36h but plenty of 32h left. |
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We sell a lot of Phil high-flange fronts, too. We usually carry bolt-on and QR 32h versions and right now we have a bolt-on 36h in the shop to boot. |
Here are the first of the long-awaited 'Magpie' Phils. In case you hadn't heard, these are specially made up for us at the factory with white lettering rather than the standard red. The stock sets are all 120mm doublefixed bolt-on rear and bolt-on front, although other combos are possible on custom order. Restocking shortly. |
We don't sell too many Phil low-flange rears. (Fashion is a bitch--there was a time when distance riders would sniff at high flanges.) If you feel like bucking the trend, here's a gorgeous 36h bolt-on doublefixed for ya. Free bolts and lockrings, natch. Restocking shortly. |
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Phil low-flange fronts don't exactly jump off the shelves either, although we know a couple of offroaders on fully-rigid bikes who like 'em to take the edge off the bumps. Ours are 36h and we're now stocking both QR and bolt-on versions. Restocking shortly. |
Hubjub is like an iceberg, with a lot of the business in custom shipments that are invisible to casual visitors. We thought a quick flash of these coloured Phils might be of interest. The blue High Flange happens to be available right now, but we can get others like these in your preferred colour on a few weeks' notice. A black hub would have been cheaper (Phil reckons anodizing in colours other than black more expensive). Mail us for more custom Phil arcana, although Phil-heads might already have spotted that the blue hub has the signature in white rather than red. They're pretty painstaking at that factory... |
Phil sprockets are a new departure. They have a distinctive mirror polish with a laser-etched logo, and the stainless steel of their manufacture is subjected to three distinct heat treatments (it says here). Atttention smallwheel fixers -- we now have good stock of the scarce Phil 12t 1/8, probably the world's finest small fixed cog, as well as the more usual sizes. |
The Phil stainless steel BB has the usual indestructible bearings, polished alu casing, incised sig, yadda yadda. All very nice -- but we stock it for the chainline hack feature. Judicious setup allows you to move the 'line 2mm either way. Since very few 120mm hubs conform to the 42 point something 'standard', this is the most efficient way to get a bike dialled in, especially if you change wheels often. We usually stock both JIS and ISO BBs in all the sizes you might need for a typical fixed setup, with emphasis on the symmetric versions (can't love asymmetric; can custom order). Plus we still have a couple of the hard-to-get 105 'compact' (for low profile cranks). Speccing is a minefield, and you should talk to us and to whoever will be doing the install before shelling out. ISO restocked; JIS patchy... |
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Fitting a Phil BB? You'll need a pair of mounting cups from our stock. Riders of steel frames will usually pick stainless cups, and we can offer those in British, Italian, French and even Raleigh threadings. (The last two are dearer.) For you Ti and aluminium types, we can usually offer alloy cups too, but only in Brit thread -- right now they're custom order, like Chater Lea or Swiss. |
...and you'll also need the Phil install tool. These are the 'consumer' version, best used in pairs: we can get the shop version on special order. |
Bling! The name Chrome Dome is something of a misnomer -- these are cones, not domes. But a set of heavy-duty mounting washers makes an excellent add-on for your fix, providing a large contact area to spread the load and help keep your axle where it's supposed to be, even on alu dropouts. Unfortunately, the photo is slightly misleading -- recent shipments have been coming through without the Phil sig, which is apparently how things will be from now on. |
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