Originally Posted by cyccommute

I have several Phil Wood hubs. Each and every one of them lives up to the reputation and I haven't regretted the choice either.

As to the failure rate, I've not seen anything on the Bike Forums about massive numbers of Phil Wood hubs failing. I've not seen anything on Phil Wood hubs failing. We discuss all kinds of things ad infinitum...see current thread...and if Phil Wood hubs failed with any kind of regularity, it would show up here.