BTW, that Phil 130 mm with new bearings is also for sale. Price? Let’s say $80 too. Photos also forthcoming.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 4:44 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > A few of my bikes, where you have a frame that accommodates fat tires, > perhaps even fenders. The Matthews road-bike-for-dirt currently has a > grossly offset symmetrical 126 mm SKS, but thanks to the leftside cup and > lockring design I could not use the GG bb. I daresay with a properly offset > bb I could squeeze in a 125, perhaps even 124, now that I’ve filed the ends > of the crank arms. > > The SKS replaced an overly generous Phil 130 mm. > > Way back when I was young and handsome and strong and attractive to women, > I built up a lovely 2X9 dirt-road-biased AllRounder out of a lovely > Prestige (“quad butted!!!) Diamond Back Axis team. Very nice frame indeed, > with all the braze-ons and room for true 60s, fenders, and mud. I built it > with Big Apples, SKS fenders, and a Pro 5 Vis with 44 in the middle > position, 28 or 26 inner, and had Phil make me a 145 spindle to clear > things. Good chainline. > > The rather curt non-response I got from Phil recently leads me to believe > that they no longer make customs, or else that their customer service has > gone downhill. > > >>> Does anyone know of anyone who makes top quality custom bb bearing > assemblies, or at least spindles to fit to quality bearing assemblies? I’d > like to get a 125 or 126 offset by ~5 mm to the right.<<< > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguU2ryYXBw2iWiAy%2B4Xsw1p-8KYnYzvVBXrmyk2YuSjaQ%40mail.gmail.com.
