Originally Posted by
Scrodzilla
He's only talking about the Phil BB, not their butt-ugly track crank.
Oooohh, yes I'll admit that I was treating this thread as if it was one of those threads again...
Anyhow, owning BB's from both makes, you can't go wrong with either as far as quality and performance goes; you're obviously getting what you pay for.
Installation of both require proprietary tools nonetheless.
I find campy's more traditional 2 piece cartridge BB to be easier to install as I do not have to fiddle around with philwood's standalone cups (3 piece cartridge BB design) which are very narrow and easy to cross thread in a BB shell if not careful. From experience the blue locktite provided with the philwood BB cups are there for a reason use it no matter the frame material! I've found my BB cups vibrating loose from riding w/o locktite on my steel commuter.
The flip side of philwood is that you have more replaceable parts in the event and wider chainline adjustment/ fine tuning/ leeway with the cups having no predefined limits/flanges nor having to use spacers.