I don't know how much longer in miles the SON 20R will last than the Ultegra level (so saith Sheldon) Shimanos, but as for performance, I can't tell the difference in drag or, needless to say, in output. I've got Shimanos on two bikes and the SON on the pretty bike. Sure, I like the SON and I justify it by saying, the hell with justifying it, I can afford it and I want it and my car is worth $800. So there. But if I were wholly rational, I'd just buy Shimanos.
I'd use the German LED lights, though -- Cyo for rationality, Edeluxe for pretty. Hub via LBS: $100. Cyo: I think it's $100, but I got mine cheap onlist. Wheel build $50 and spokes no more than $50 if you go fancy. Total before tax or shipping: $200. I get the builder to also take apart and lube and adjust the bearings, having heard that Shimano dynohubs fail quickly if you don't do this -- BQ somewhere. So --- just $60. Hell, that's only 10 boutique beers .... or five fifths of cheap bourbon. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:38 AM, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Yea, I ran the numbers tonight and with high quality Sanyo batteries, > a quality charger plus two 2 Watt lights it ended up around $140 > so......this means I would only need $350 more for what I really want. > I just can't settle for less, unless its way less. I just don't want > to spend money twice. I do this often and regret it later. I > compromise and find out later I should have purchased what I wanted. I > nearly always end up doing so later wasting the initial money I spent > in the first place. I can see myself using a generator hub of quality > and riding more because I have one. Maybe some of you can explain the > real world realizationsyou had after getting a Son hub or......did any > of you find out that you really didn't need such a fancy setup? > > On Oct 6, 6:40 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I just had a Shimano DN something (disk model) or another built into >> an existing rim for $150 including six bolt rotor adaptor. Add $100 >> for a Cyo: $250 plus tax or plus shipping, take your choice. Not as >> cheap as a Blaze, but not $500, either. >> >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 7:33 PM, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> > I use the inexpensive Planet bike 1 watt light and have used two of >> > them mounted on my bar. These seem to have enough brightness for me to >> > see fine up to about 18 mph. I'd love a Son 28 built on a A719 rim to >> > match my back wheel but this combo with the lights is over $500. I can >> > buy two 2 watt Plant bike lights for around $100 and get some AA >> > rechargeable batteries and be fine I think. My 1 watt PB light is as >> > bright as my Fenex L2d flashlight in the standard high power mode (107 >> > lumens) so two 2 watt lights ought to be plenty. The only problem I >> > can see is that these lights are not the best for oncoming traffic >> > like the generator lamps are and some of the battery powered German >> > made lamps. >> >> -- >> Patrick Moore >> Albuquerque, NM >> For professional resumes, contact >> Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
