With the new SON deluxe hubs, the drag is imperceptible, even with the light on. This was not the case with the earlier SON hubs or any generation of Shimano hubs. On Sep 25, 2014 10:09 AM, "Wayne Mesard" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd like to anti-recommend the dynohub approach. I considered it when > building my Sam, but rejected it for a couple of reasons: > > 1. They're expensive! > 2. You pay the wattage tax whether you're using the thing or not. The > Interwebs say that the drag costs anywhere from 2 to 15 watts of additional > pedal power. That's not a lot. But it's not nothing either. > > Instead, I bought a USB battery ( > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IP1MQNK/), which I'm quite happy > with. That way I have backup power for all my devices, since they all > accept USB power (front and rear lights, GPS, cell phone, AfterShokz > headphones). With the money I saved, I could have bought five of them, but > one was more than enough. > > On my most recent tour, I had no problem keeping the battery charged by > plugging it in overnight and opportunistically at lunch stops. But just to > be safe, I also got a solar panel ( > http://www.amazon.com/Goal-Zero-11800-Nomad-Solar) which mounted easily > to the rear rack. Like I said, I didn't need it; but I was glad to have it > as a backup. > > Wayne(); > > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
