I've only just used the Shimano 3N72, and only for a couple weeks now, but I went for it after a few people here expressed good experiences with them, and then finding this comparison online that showed the Shimanos were much much closer to the SONs than not these days: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/reviews/board/message/?message_id=143635
This one shows a bigger difference between the newer Shimano 3Nxx series and the SONs, but it was also just a lab test with the wheel and not measured on an actual bike on rollers like the other, so, I consider it more of a theoretical measurement set: https://www.cyclingabout.com/dynamo-hub-drag-lab-testing/ For the price difference, I still thought the performance trade-off between the SON and Shimano was one of diminishing returns and stopped putting off getting dynamo lighting until I could afford the SON wheel, myself. I don't really notice any difference with the lights off, and with them on I'd say I noticed half (maaaybe a third) as much drag as my roadster with a fairly well respected Nordlicht bottle dynamo gets. I don't know how that measures against the SON IRL, but it's fine enough for my needs. But, I'm somewhat famous for running my Clem like a hoss on fairly hefty tires, so, if you like to run lighter maybe the drag would be more obvious than it is for me? On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 12:06:29 AM UTC-4, Jonathan D. wrote: > > I was curious what folks experience are with the different dynamo hub > options. The Schmidt Sonn Dynamo hub seem to set the standard but at a > high cost. The other two I was looking at are Shutter Precision and the > Shimano Dynamo hubs. Anyone seen a good comparison? Should I be concerned > with reliability if I went with something cheaper than the Schmidt hub? > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e4d293fb-ec2e-46ed-b28c-61740f70dc02%40googlegroups.com.
