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Serving a Phil hub is a lovely process isn’t it. I use the getto method of a front QR as a press and the old bearings to protect the new ones. How many miles do you think you get from a set. I’ve got through a couple of set is 20k miles of riding.
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It was a joy, I did the same but with a bit of threaded rod. When I was servicing it I thought I couldn't even estimate how may miles that things done but I reckon it has to be in the region of 100k miles, granted I should have serviced it a long time ago. Still that's all on the same set of bearings and one of them was still smooth!
Skant
Yesterdays lunchtime project was serving my Phil Wood rear hub. I've had this thing 9 years now, it's done all the tours, years of courier work and everything in between...all on it's original set of bearings. Since I'm about to rebuild the wheel I thought I'd take the opportunity to give a deep clean, polish, new bearings and bolts.
Before:
Some damage to the side that needed looking after before going any further
Out of the ultrasonic cleaner
Polishing
Ready for reassembly
I know everybody knows this but the quality of these hubs is just next level. I really love being able to use, abuse, service and re-use things. There's something so satisfying about showing a well used and trusty item some love, making it like new again and ready for many more years of service. I hope that for as long as I'm riding fixed I'm riding this hub