... why in god's good graces would anyone want to do this to a phil ... to any bicycle part ... ? as orvil and wilbur wright told me once ... harvey has the "sense" ... and many others shouldn't be allowed near a wrench ... :)
robert clair
alexandria, va
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [CR] Modifying BB Cups to Fit Phil Wood BB's?
> Richard Cielec wrote:
> Has anyone modified bottom bracket cups to fit Phil Woods hubs? This
> would achieve the OEM look and avoid having to hunt a serviceable vintage
> spindles. I am thinking bb cups with damaged races would be the donors. I
> suppose the process would require a mill and fly cutting.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Richard, I wouldn't go that route, myself, for a couple of reasons:
>
> 1) The Phil tool gives such a nice purchase on his BB rings; hard to get
> that with vintage ones.
> 2) You'd want to carefully set things up so you had the right amount
> shaved off the inner end of each cup to press against the outer edge of
> the Phil cartridge bearing. Most cups are much thicker than the phil
> rings, and would be likely to interfere with the cranks.
> 3) The Phil BB is pretty invisible behind the cranks anyhow... :-)
>
> Your mileage may vary.
>
> harvey sachs
> mcLean va