The SON Deluxe weighs 390 grams. Significant weight savings? A Shimano 105 HB-5700 front hub, for example, weighs 210 grams.
A pound is 453 grams. I'm not sure I could agree that 180 grams qualifies as a significant weight savings. On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Jack K <jack.keosh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Andrew, > > I've been waiting for more info, especially user feedback, to appear for the > Velogical dynamos. For a rider, like me, who uses lights only very > infrequently having zero drag during the 95% of the time no lights are > required seems a great tradeoff for (possibly) slightly increased drag > during the 5% of time lights are needed, plus a significant weight savings > all of the time. What are your impressions of the dynamo so far, in terms of > build quality, drag, light output vs speed? It's a very interesting time in > the history of bicycle lighting! > > BTW, I recently bought a new battery light for use on my RB-1 -- a NiteRider > Lumina 700. It's so well made, compact, bright and lasts so long on a charge > that I'm fairly well stunned how much good battery lights have evolved in > the last 5 years. Still, I'd rather have an in-obtrusive dynamo system for > the rare times I'm out at night on this bike. > > BTW2, any other RBW folk doing the Cycle NC "Mountains to Coast" tour next > week? > > Cheers, > > -Jack > > Raleigh, NC > > > > On Thursday, September 25, 2014 4:27:31 PM UTC-4, Andrew Marchant-Shapiro > wrote: >> >> For me, there is indeed a difference between dynamo and no dynamo. One of >> the reasons I've switched (for now) to the Velogical rim dynamo. > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
