Originally Posted by shants

i've said this before and will say it again. if it has phil cups in it right now, you can buy a cheap ass shimano un53or 73, in 107mm length (or 110, they both have the same driveside), get a vice and rip off the cups so that it's just the cartridge.. then, take that cart and use it with the phil wood rings. it'll work. since you have phil wood cups, just move it 1mm toward the driveside and you have yourself a bottom bracket that'll give you a perfect chainline. the un-73 is a very decent bottom bracket for the money. once it's nasty, you can trash it and not care.