My first real wheels had a set of Phil Wood hubs. Went through some great travels and adventures...3 years of beating and they looked like new.
RIP Phil Wood.
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Hub-Maker Phil Wood Passes Away
BAXTER, IA (BRAIN)—Phil Wood, the man responsible for sealed hubs and bottom brackets, died this week on his farm in Baxter, Iowa. He was 84.
He started the Phil Wood Company in 1971 as primarily a hub maker, though he offered other components. He sold the business to Peter Enright and a group of investors in 1991....
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