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NEW Phil Wood spider - damn, $350??

by TrulyOdd

30 April 2012 - 11:13 PM Post #1

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http://philwoodco.wo...bmx-spider-350/

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30 April 2012 - 11:20 PM Post #2

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Looks cool, but $350? Damn!

01 May 2012 - 12:46 AM Post #3

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WHY ?

01 May 2012 - 01:48 AM Post #4

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scam. New Phil? Please. $400 hubs with no cassette. Now this. Phil is dead. Long live the real Phil.

01 May 2012 - 02:59 AM Post #5

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Some of us remember riding into Phil's shop in San Jose and having him replace our bearings free of charge when we were kids.

Sad to see but I guess it's economics...

01 May 2012 - 09:49 AM Post #6

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Very very nice but that is ridiculously priced IMHO.

01 May 2012 - 10:02 AM Post #7

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exploitation! nothing more than a play on the nostalgic feelings of 40+ year old guys trying to relive their youth! :Sux:

01 May 2012 - 11:29 AM Post #8

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If they wanted to stay relevant they should have done the homework and realized the trend is 4 hole spiders now. But as mentioned, it seems as if they are after that Retro crowd wallet.. $350, must be made of "unobtainium".

01 May 2012 - 02:22 PM Post #9

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GOLD Star 4 ESW

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01 May 2012 - 03:41 PM Post #10

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Lame...

01 May 2012 - 04:06 PM Post #11

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Wait, is that an exact copy? Not sure why I didn't pick up on that at first. Posted Image

01 May 2012 - 04:14 PM Post #12

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Spur, on 01 May 2012 - 10:06 AM, said:

Wait, is that an exact copy? Not sure why I didn't pick up on that at first. Posted Image

as far as I can tell yes. Unless the crank arm bolt washer/spacer is somehow attached to the spider and slides up and down to the correct fit of crank arm

01 May 2012 - 05:49 PM Post #13

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Almost exact - the pinch bolt and washer insert thing is completely different

01 May 2012 - 05:55 PM Post #14

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Once it's on a bike you couldn't tell though - so for future ref... Don't buy one - on a buy it now if the pic is of it installed.

01 May 2012 - 06:51 PM Post #15

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I contact them about reproducing them. They were clueless and ran with my idea. They wanted to sell for $200, then jacked the price. They suck. I could have had these made for $15 or less depending on volume.

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It was my idea, just pointing it out

That ESW guy is a total DICK. Fuck him and his ideas Posted Image

01 May 2012 - 07:03 PM Post #16

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Totally agree, Hector.

01 May 2012 - 07:10 PM Post #17

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AGUILAR3, on 01 May 2012 - 02:51 PM, said:

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It was my idea, just pointing it out

That ESW guy is a total DICK. Fuck him and his ideas Posted Image

I did give him a GOLD star for his bright idea...totally kool idea dude. :HitsFan:

Haters-

01 May 2012 - 09:26 PM Post #18

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It looks like another money grab to me. I hope they aren't following the Bullseye model and leaving their good name and reputation in the dirt with this one. Greed has a way of taking over and killing all that was once good in a company. :blastin: