Phil Wood hubs and bottom brackets...

They are expensive, very expensive. Beautiful, very beautiful. Smooth, very, very smooth. Probably the best hubs you can buy in the world.

Since 1971, Phil Wood has built hubs and bottom brackets very conservatively, without regard to the latest trends and whims. Overbuilt to take decades of use and abuse. So if you are looking for the latest flyweight hubset or trendy minimum spoke count wheelset, you are looking at the wrong hubs. If you want the latest craze in bottom bracket "technology", a Phil Wood bottom bracket is not for you.

Phil Wood hubs tend to be heavy, sometimes much heavier than most other hubs on the market. For example, the average weight for a Phil Wood 9spd freehub is a whopping 515grams. But when you consider that the hub is built with a 15mm high tensile heat-treated Cro-Mo axle and rides on 4 Phil-spec'ed PWX02 bearings with an in-house manufactured freehub body utilizing 4 sets of double-row pawls engaging a 20 tooth ratchet, that hub flanges are cold forged and are up to 3 times as thick as competing hub flanges with spokes holes twice the depth into the flange, you soon figure out that the weight penalty provides a level of strength and durability unrivaled anywhere.

You will also notice Phil Wood only makes a Shimano compatible freehub. In a classic case of Phil Wood stubborness to compromise quality, here is the actual reply I received from Phil Wood on why they do not and will not make a Campag compatible freehub...

"The splines for the campy cogs are much deeper than the shimano cogs. The result is no room for an adequate (by our standards) bearing that will also work with our 15mm axle. If we "shoulder down" the axle we create a stress riser where the axle will fail under the punishment our customers pride themselves in delivering."

Phil Wood hubs and bottom brackets are for a select group riders that place higher value on quality than fashion. Who know that they are the motive power of the bike and the latest technological whim will not make the bike go any faster than they can pedal it. Phil Wood products are an investment in peace of mind, long term riding components that will continue to deliver quiet service and reliabilty long beyond today's must have go-fast craze has vanished from your memory.

I am so convinced of the value and quality of Phil Wood hubs and bottom brackets, that I will warrant your satisfaction with the following iron-clad guarantee.

The Phil Wood Iron-Clad Guarantee

If you purchase a Phil Wood hub or a Phil Wood bottom bracket from C.T.A. and for any reason you are not satisfied with the hub or bottom bracket, you can return the hub or bottom bracket within 30 days of the date of receipt and I will refund the full amount of your purchase including shipping costs. For as long as you own a Phil Wood hub or bottom bracket, if it fails with normal use and abuse, I will repair them free of charge, replace them with new hubs or refund your purchase price.

I challenge you to find the same iron-clad guarantee of satisfaction anywhere else in Australia on hubs and bottom brackets.