Wow, thank you! I thought the Dyno setup would be pounds, not just an ounce, heavier. I just weighed my USB headlight and it is 2.8 oz on the postal scale.
Roberta On Monday, April 29, 2019 at 1:10:00 PM UTC-4, maxcr wrote: > I agree, dynohubs are money well spent. > > This is from an exchange I had with James @ Analog Cycles regarding > weight, here's what he said: > > "Out of curiosity, I weighed both systems. > > I put a standard front hub, good rechargeable headlight, and battery > powered tail light on the postal scale. 17 oz. > I put a Schmidt hub and headlight and wired schmidt tail light on the same > scale. 17.5 oz. > > So the Dynamo is heavier...by half an ounce! But... ya never run out of > batteries." > > Max > > On Monday, April 29, 2019 at 12:14:53 PM UTC-4, ted wrote: >> >> I’ve never gone through a careful weight comparison of dyno vs battery >> light systems but I’d guestmate a wash or slightly lighter for the dyno >> setup. A dyno hub is a bit heavier than a regular one, but the dyno lights >> having no batteries are very light. Probably depend on how bright the >> battery lights you would use are and what run time (ie battery size) they >> have. > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
