The Dyanpower is very nice. I had one on the Herse and it seemed to have less drag than the Soubitez bottle that I have on the trike. I paired it with a Cyo. Next best to a hub dynamo, IMO.
Patrick "wish it would fit on the trike" Moore On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:59 PM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been sitting on these two dynamo solutions long enough. There is > little likelihood I will get around to using them. I basically would need > to get a bike to fit these dynamos, and that's not a good enough reason to > buy a bike. You should buy a bike because you like the color! DUH! > > Dynamo 1. Shimano-Bridgestone-"Tentarushi". I worked with a professor > from Japan in Grad School, and had him bring back a economy Shimano > generator hub. This is like what comes on all the Japanese commuter > bikes. There's one connector on the hub, which tells me the fork is the > return path. Japanese urban bikes have a braze-on tab for this, as > pictured in the Japanese installation instructions. Includes 36 hole 100mm > hub, headlight, wiring. No clamp for mounting the headlamp to the fork. I > don't recall what I paid. $25 shipped > > Dynamo 2. Sanyo Dynapower. This is the classic state of the art up to > the mid 80s. I bought this on ebay a while back, but never got around to > using it. This is a lot cooler now, since Compass sells LED bulbs to fit > this with a standlight. The dynamo part fits between the chainstays behind > the BB. It's got a very slick retract lever so you are frictionless when > you aren't using it, like a bottle generator. Includes everything, > headlight taillight dynamo wiring mounting hardware instructions > packaging. You'll need a bike with longish chainstays without a kickstand > plate. It is intended to rach down below the front edge of your rear > fender, but you may have to modify your fender in that area. Maybe. $55 > shipped (exactly half of what you can get it for on ebay right now). > > Pictures in my flickr: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/sets/72157629348138711/ > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/5-SHrZ1fmegJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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 http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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-bunch@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.
