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The small details on a frame are what stand out and even if you can’t afford some Phil Wood hubs, these new seat collars are an affordable way to add a nice bit of color (they’ve got a good selection!) to your build:

“Phil Wood & Co. seat post collars are machined out of solid US produced billet aluminum. Each collar is machined in-house to the same high-quality standards as we apply to all of our products. Our collars are available in the same anodized colors and high polished surface as the rest of our products. This allows for a coordinated color match between all of our products.

We are currently running at maxiumum capacity. Becuase of this no other sizes are available and custom orders will not be taken.”

Head on over to Phil Wood for more!

If there was ever a reason to swap out silver for black components on your track bike, this is it. The Phil Wood Track Cranks are now available in black and they’re oh, so sweet.

Check out two more shots below and a huge thanks to Darla at Phil Wood for sharing.

I showed you the Phil Wood 40th anniversary singlespeed cranks back at the 2011 NAHBS on the Horton Collection’s bike by Bilenky. Then last year at Interbike last year, where they were dubbed “singlespeed, not track” cranks, due to their Q-factor. Now, nothing on the Phil Wood site says anything about a track crank, but I know they were working towards that last year at Interbike. Regardless, these things are balleur. Get on that pre-order!

Also from Phil Wood are seatpost collars. Another fine piece of machined metal.

Contact Phil Wood for pre-ordering information.

Some people don’t like the way the Phil Wood BB cups look. For those naysayers, Phil Wood developed these mud guards for their shells. They’ll cover up the innards that you don’t like to see and keep your cups clean:

“Our mud guards are designed to help protect your Phil Wood bottom bracket cups from getting dust, dirt and mud that can accumulate in and around the bottom bracket cup splines. They are designed with a drain opening to allow any moisture between the bearings and mudguard to vent out. They are designed to install onto any Phil Wood square taper bottom bracket cup sets. Each set of mud guards comes with 4 rubber o-rings, (preinstalled and two replacement).”

Pick a set up here in all of Phil Wood‘s colors. I’m going to order a set and shoot some photos on the Icarus this week.

I don’t think it gets much fatter than this. Hell, that looks like it’d fit on a dirtbike. I’ll save you from counting the spokes. It’s a Phil Wood 64-hole disk hub for a new project the team’s working on.

Getting a shot like the top photo while riding is a real pain in the ass, let me tell you. I’m still stoked on these Phil Wood wheels.

I finally built my Eddy Merckx MX-Leader with a modern road group. After putting a mix of Red and Force on it, these Phil Wood road hubs I picked up at Interbike are the icing on the cake. This has got to be one of the nicest wheelsets I’ve ever owned. Full bike photos will be up on Monday.

Everyone wanted to know why I didn’t post the “Phil Wood track cranks” a few weeks back. My answer to them was that I already covered them in my 2011 NAHBS coverage and they aren’t track cranks. At least the ones they currently have aren’t. Bilenky included some single speed cranks on their Horton collection NAHBS bike. These cranks had a road q-factor, which were intended to clear a chain guard. While Phil Wood is currently developing a proper 144 bcd track crank, there’s no finite date on when they intend to launch it. Now enough of the track talk, one of the other items Phil Wood displayed was their Campy cassette for their road hubs. Simply unthread the Shimano splines and replace it with this elegant beauty. Neat huh?

Also, on a side note, I wanna thank Phil Wood for the killer road wheelset they sold me. It’ll look sick on my Eddy Merckx MX-L! More on that later.

Mashafix takes us on a tour of the Phil Wood facilities in Cali. Stoked to see this one!

Phil Wood is really stepping up the Japan Tsunami relief cause:

“The set is going to be $650 for silver track hubs, 120mm spacing (includes the track cog of your choice) and is available in 32 or 36 spoke hole count. They are also available in all standard anodizing colors for an additional upcharge (black ($40 for the set), red, blue, green, purple, pink, orange ($100 for the set)). The artwork was done by a Japanese friend of ours then refined by another friend. The laser etching is done here, in house.

We’re doing 100 sets. 50 in silver, 20 in black, and 5 in each of the other anodized colors.”

Thanks for the inside scoop Phil Wood!

Phil Wood threw these pretty babies up on their blog with no information. Nada. Nothing. Just this photo. What teases! In other Phil Wood news, they’ve got a great Japan-support effort up:

“Phil Wood & Co. will be offering the 100 sets of Limited Edition track hubs ment exclusively for Asia for sale to everyone (all regions) starting March 14, 2011. Phil Wood & Co. is doing this in order to take proceeds from the sale of these hubs and donate to the Tsunami Relief for Japan. Additional information will be made available by March 14, 2011. “

Check out more information at the Phil Wood blog!

This is amazing. Simply amazing. Two great brands coming together to form one solid system. Phil Wood and Rohloff, together at last.

Now for the real question: how much? Damn, I betcha there are tons of townies, tourers and other bikes lubing themselves up for these! Thanks to COG for the heads!

Photo by Chris Gomez

Yep. We’ve admired the Phil Wood track cogs before but I liked my buddy Chris’ photo so much I had to post it. We got snow two weeks ago in Austin. It wasn’t much but it was enough to shut the city down for a day. Chris took the opportunity to photograph one of his favorite bicycle components stuck in the fresh powder. Chris takes amazing photographs and we’ll be seeing more from him in the coming weeks. He’s also the guy who introduced me to Terrace Mountain Drive, one of the gnarliest routes in Austin!

Check out more from Chris here at his portfolio site!

Yes, we’ve all seen these hubs before. It’s no secret that Phil Wood makes beautiful components. We’ve looked at their 12t track cogs and their shot glasses just to name a few. While they may not be the lightest track hubs on the market, they’re made in the USA and gorgeous!

It’s no secret that Phil Wood makes beautiful bicycle components. From their bottom-brackets, which you never see once they’re installed, to their hubs, their made in the USA products are to die for. If you’ve ever owned one of their 12t track cogs then you know where I’m coming from here. Who would have thought that something so compact and tiny would pack such a beautiful punch!

Speaking of Phil Wood, If you were at Interbike, these should look familiar. While I was at the Phil Wood booth, they showed me their fixed freestyle hubset. At first I was impressed but then I held the thing and holy shit was it heavy. While I will commend Phil Wood for making a bomb-proof hub, I still think a 14mm axle is the way to go. It’d probably be a little lighter to boot.

Another downside is the bolt-on cog. The smallest you can go is 16t. That means your ratio is 42:16 if you’re riding freestyle. While it might be ok for spinning tricks, a lot of the riders now are on more compact ratios. If the hub was threaded, you could go 13t or 14t and bring it down to 36:14 or 32:13. Maybe they’ll change it? Damn is it every pretty though!

Seen at Brick Lane Bikes.

The guys at Bens Cycle recently put together one sick wheelset for a customer. Here are the details:

“Talk about fully custom! We got Phil Wood to make a custom tandem hubset for a customer. 40H 145mm disc rear with the ‘special’ flange that they used on their limited edition track hubs, just slightly smaller in diameter. Front much the same without the disc rotor mount.”

Drool, even if it is for a tandem!

Another purchase I made at this year’s Interbike was this Phil Wood @PhilWoodCo shot glass. Made from surgical steel, this sucker is sure to stop the party anytime you pull it out. I found that mine prefers Jameson whiskey but they’ve been known to occasionally contain other fine whiskeys. Your LBS should be able to order you one and I don’t remember what I paid for mine. It’s worth it. Next time you’re craving a post-ride shot, have one on Phil Wood.