Ooh, dynamo. I forgot to add that I got that with my wheel set, too! New wheels new lights who dis?!?
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 10, 2020, at 10:21 AM, DHans <dhansford1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Wow, that is way cool, Eric. German engineering is so good and innovative, > Doug > >> On Friday, April 10, 2020 at 1:18:44 PM UTC-4, Eric Norris wrote: >> One alternative to a standard donohue setup is an external generator. >> Velogical, a Germany company, came out a few years ago with a modern >> interpretation of the old bottle generators used in years past: >> >> http://www.velogical-engineering.com >> >> I’ve been using one for about six months now, and I’m totally sold. I use >> mine to power two LED headlights and one LED taillight, and it works >> perfectly. Virtually silent, virtually drag-free … and it works with your >> current wheels! No need for a new front wheel. >> >> Cost is less than a top-quality dyno hub (e.g., Schmidt) but far less than >> the total cost of a new wheel (hub + rim + spokes + wheel building). >> >> I watched their YouTube installation video and was able to install mine in >> less than an hour. As I noted, no problems whatsoever in six months of use. >> >> --Eric Norris >> campyo...@me.com >> @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) >> >>> On Apr 10, 2020, at 9:57 AM, ted <ted....@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> I had a similar experience. I was commuting on my simple one with battery >>> lights and thought that was just fine. I saw a pair of used single speed >>> wheels with a son hub for sale on the list here and decided to give the >>> dynamo thing a try. I found I appreciated the set it and forget it nature >>> of the dynamo system way more than I would ever have guessed. Maybe I'm >>> just extra lazy but once freed of dealing with batteries I'd not go back. >>> >>>> On Friday, April 10, 2020 at 9:40:18 AM UTC-7, Dorothy C wrote: >>>> Re: dynamos. I got one on my Cheviot as it was the only 650b wheelset Riv >>>> had in at the time, and I have found a big benefit for me is that 1. I >>>> don’t have to remember to turn lights on and off, so they never discharge >>>> if forgotten and 2. when I go grocery shopping and park the bike I don’t >>>> have to detach and reattach the lights to prevent theft. >>>> In fact those were such big plusses, I had the local bike shop rebuild my >>>> Alex rim on my Appaloosa to have a dynamo too >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/eb4254af-0665-4a3b-9872-ae55f9ad8307%40googlegroups.com. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/5DfZJEj-hqw/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bb7ce659-5e38-4017-a349-ca1c2a0f59c3%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/C6573D75-77DD-47C1-8134-D81BC9DA5F60%40gmail.com.
