Originally Posted by keithr
Phil Wood never claimed to make their own bearings. They say "All Phil Sped'd bearings are manufacturered for us to our specifications." Anyway, read the catalog page, I don't need to quote it all here.
http://www.philwood.com/webcatolog/pg18.htm
It was a mistake on my part, i had expected the almighty hub to have its own bearing. So what makes the phils so special if they dont make the part that acutally does the work. We can debate this till the cows come home. Every other hub uses another bearing too, but again, i thought it was PhilWood made bearing, the funny thing is that i read the catalog.
My bad.
but really, can someone tell me the advantage of PhilWood hubs? I can assume they are lighter, but is it something in the construction, or is it just the fact that it is "Phil Wood?"