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- From: EPLUS17@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans)
- Subject: Re: Phil Wood hubs
- References: <1992Dec23.163558.7028@enterprise.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com> <Bzrsy7.L9I@news.water.ca.gov>
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- Organization: C.C.S.O.
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 22:47:38 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- In article <Bzrsy7.L9I@news.water.ca.gov>
- stevec@water.ca.gov (Steve Croft) writes:
-
- >Steve Manifold wrote:
- >
- >>> I recently read somewhere that Phil Wood hubs have a feature in
- >>> which instead of using quick-releases, you can clamp the hubs to
- >>> the dropouts via a allen bolt and washer. ... This seems
- >>> like a good way to save some weight (maybe 200 g).
- >
- >
- >Bob Parker responded:
- >
- >>It is as you describe...threaded on the inside. Phil's stuff
- >>is built to last so I'm not sure it saves any weight.
- >
- >I don't know about Phil Wood hubs, but usually hub makers do away with QR
- >in order to have a solid axle which means more strength. It also (usually)
- >means more weight.
- >
- The axle in Phil Wood QR hubs is already strong enough for any abuse
- I can give it...and that includes being a rear wheel on a triplet. I
- was told that the bolt-on Phil Wood model would allow the hubs to be
- fastened to the dropouts more securely than possible with QR. This
- was of some concern to us on a tandem with non-vertical dropouts on
- which the rear wheel would shift as soon as we both stood on the cranks.
- Going to a Phil Wood bolt-on hub solved the problem.
-
- (BTW, even if the solid axle were the same diameter as that with a QR--
- often not the case--the extra metal is in a place that does very little
- to increase the axle's resistance to bending.)
-
- ..Richard E+17
-
-