Re: [CR] Phil Wood (RIP) first hubs?

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From: "paccoastcycles" <paccoastcycles@sbcglobal.net>
To: <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, <oroboyz@aol.com>
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:04:45 -0700
Subject: Re: [CR] Phil Wood (RIP) first hubs?


I was told by someone at Phil Wood & Co., back in the day, that the finish is nickel plating.

Chuck Hoefer
Vista, California USA


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From: oroboyz@aol.com
To: fred_rednor@yahoo.com
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [CR] Phil Wood (RIP) first hubs?



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> <<... and the central barrel section appears to be unpolished stainless
> steel.>>
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> Fred, that's second generation and that is not stainless steel (not
> exactly sure what that finish was....), but protect it, as it can also
> rust...
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> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
> To: rpinder@usc.edu; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org;
> terence@shawscycles.com
> Sent: Sat, Apr 17, 2010 8:34 pm
> Subject: Re: [CR] Phil Wood (RIP) first hubs?
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> It's interesting that these Phil hubs are chrome plated. The Phil hubs on
> my
> tandem (from 1979) are 3 piece hubs, with have what I would call
> medium-height
> flanges - and the central barrel section appears to be unpolished
> stainless
> steel.
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> Best regards,
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
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>> First Phil hubs I saw were hi
>> flanged. My low flange hubs of the same era
>> all have rusted chrome plated
>> shells!
>> T. Shaw
>> Santa Clara, Calif.
>> Original Message:
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>> From: Rich Pinder rpinder@usc.edu
>> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:07:19 -0700
>> To:@bikelist.org
>> Subject: Re: [CR] Phil Wood (RIP) first hubs?
>> classicrendezvous
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>> Someone told me that the ones which came on my Windsor pro
>> (which were
>> spec'd by the original owner at the time he bought it) were
>> his 'first
>> generation'. These are the HIGH flange type.
>> Someone also mentioned
>> there may have been a LOW flange version back in the 70's
>> as well (??)
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>> Pics at:
>> http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~rpinder/Windsor.html
>> Resolution should be pretty good in that second one.
>>
>> I recently rode this beauty a bit, and took it to the
>> RoseBowl ride...
>> great bike.
>>
>> Rich Pinder
>> Sherman Oaks, CA
>>
>> pbbikes wrote:
>> > Hey everyone , welcome to the
>> weekend. I'v ebeen searching around for
>> some
>> > photos of the early or first hubs that Phil Wood
>> together. I was talking
>> > with an old shopowner from Northern Ca this morning
>> about his shop in the
>> > 70's in general and he pulled out a really odd looking
>> set of phils that
>> > were pretty worked but the high flanges looked
>> different. Almost like he
>> > put flanges on a bottom bracket. The hub barrell also
>> looked fatter.
>> >
>> > Anyone have a picyture they can send me or a link.
>> >
>> > Ciao barry scott
>> > Mount shasta CA USA
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