Parallel evolution... he did not even know who Steve Potts was and when he saw his first Phil Wood hub he thought someone had copied him.

The Arvon stem is much simpler in it's design and they are great to use... he designed them for mountain bikes and then started using them on touring and rando bikes. As they set from the bottom they are a little more work to adjust but almost impossible to steal.

I think his his hubs are actually much more elegant than the Phil Wood as they are turned from a single piece of billet stock and the drilling for the spokes is exceptional... like the PW they are cartridge bearing hubs that normally have 2 bearings but we can build them with as many as 4 for extra axle support. This is good for tandems and much bigger riders... some of the front hubs have triple bearings.

The bottom hub accepts two individual cogs (no dingle needed here) and has three cartridge bearings with a double on the drive side to handle the extra torque while the other hub is a standard single fixed hub.