Me, my touring wheel (1st one built in the early 80's) has been built around a Phil Freewheel hub .. only 1 spoke needed replacing ..

replaced it with a Bullseye freewheel hubset .. another one with a super strong Axle assembly .. and drop in cartridge bearings.

The other one was still fine when I sold it, as a set, just the Mavic Mod 4 rim ferrules were getting a little rusty .


the typical freewheel hubs are assembled around a 10 axle . those bend and break .. occasionally .

wish you luck in your enterprise , nonetheless ..



Know people are already crossing Africa and all parts of the world, on Rohloff hubs ..

the Germans do get around touring and traveling, on their bikes, with German Components, a lot.