Eccentric BB on a fixed...

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Bushnell. Without a doubt. The lightest, lowest maintenance and best quality EBB out there.

. . . or eccentric rear hub (White Industries) ?

I've heard about the creakiness too but the one I test rode was silent. Word is that the creakiness arises if you haven't greased the bracket liberally before fitting and then fail to take it out and clean it before liberally re-greasing annually.

I've decided on sliding vertical drops on my new build. But the Bushnell EBB was the choice until I saw the Paragon Machine Works sliding drops.

Why? I'm having full mudguards if that's your problem. Vertical drops for position, sliding drops for chain tension... mudguard will be fixed to sliding drops and pivot around the rear stay bridge.

Cannae use eccentric hub for reasons i'm not at liberty to divuldge yet...;)

You are building up our expectations ! I am a little scared.

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    can anyone help me here.... if a frame is 57cm TT, 56.5 CT, 55 CC do you think it will be ok to ride for someone a shade under 6 foot. when people describe a frame as, say, 56cm, are they usually referring to the CT or CC length??

I'm designing a special dropout specific to my requirements....nothing to do with eyelets or tension....just needs to be a certain way.

Does it have facility to attach anything? I can see Archies Panniers on the distant horizon.. :-P

hmmmmmmm, bolt-through rear hub???

i meant bolt-through rear dropouts

Maxle style?

I have been measuring up 20mm bolt through front hubs, looking at something in the style of the shimano front hub/bolt on sprocket thing that londonfixiebike do, but with a 110mm wide 20mm bolt through axle. now I have the sliding/ removable dropouts on my MTB silly thinks like that can be tried out :)

I've ridden a Phil Wood set-screw type EBB through a very salty, slushy Canadian winter. 220lbs rider, really low gear (lots of torque). Never shifted, slipped or creaked. Set it and forget it. The only time I have adjusted it was to accommodate for chain stretch. Very happy with it, and it's a lot simpler than something like the bushnell.

i recommend a phil wood. it's so simple to use as the only 2 moving parts are the screws. i would steer clear of the bushnell unit. they are known for creaking and have to be stripped and covered in coppaslip the expanding wedges and allen screws are prone to seizing.
i have been using a phil wood on my ss mtb for the last 3 years, take it out and regrease once every year when i fit a new chain, never slipped or creaked.
Independent fabrication use phil ebb's if there was something better available at whatever cost i expect they would use it.

I had a Bushnell on my Salsa and it was great never needed cleaning never creaked pieace of piss to set up. All good.

Forgive me for asking a daft question and bumping an old thread, but are the Phil Wood EBB suitable for a road bike frame or just Mountain bike/hybrids?

I have trashed my EBB on my Cannondale fifty-fifty.
Any suggestions for a replacement?

Hi all

A bit of advice please.

Can anyone else add to the above experiences - has anything new come on the market that works well with fixed? Phil Wood seems to be best suited to a future build that I ponder from time to time. How reliable are they? Do they stay put? And how much resetting of the saddle position do you need to do when you shift the EBB? Presumably there is a noticeable effect. And - what happens when you need to take the wheel out - I take it that because you have an EBB, you'll have vertical dropouts, so the wheel just... drops out?