Hi Patrick, Good to know I am asking about Shutter Precision (SP) dynamos on another thread. I am OK with buzz. I am not OK with shimmy.
On Thursday, October 3, 2013 9:10:02 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Tonight I put in a brief 10.5 mile augmentation to my 12-mile errand ride > this afternoon, taking out the Ram with the newly installed SP dynohub and > the Cyo N Plus -- both bought NIB but used from listers, for which much > thanks -- out on the once-again pitch dark Rio Grande bike path. > > Two insouciant coyotes this evening; no racoon. > > Frankly, I can't tell any difference either in drag or in illumination > compared to the much more expensive Son 20 and Edeluxe combo -- except that > the latter comes up to full brightness at a very slightly higher speed. I > read that the Cyo uses the same working bits as the Edeluxe, so no surprise > there. > > I think that, just perhaps, I detect a sort of very light buzz or hum from > the SP at speed that I don't pick up from the SON 20; it's not rough enough > to call it a vibration, and I notice it only when I am picking nits. In > fact, unless I try to discern it, I don't discern it -- meaning that for > practical purposes it doesn't exist. > > What wonderful lights compared to what was available just 10 years ago! My > first modern foray into dyno lights a good 8 years ago was with a SON 28 > (36 hole hub cleverly laced into a 28-spoke rim) and a home-made, > Cree-powered light made by a fellow lister. It was certainly bright enough, > but it was just a flashlight beam and I decided that it wasn't as good as > two cheap LED battery lights. I experimented with a number of these until > the advent three or four years later of the Fly, which, hugely superior to > my flashlight-type LEDs, led in turn to the even better Edeluxe and Cyo. > The Edeluxe II is said to be even brighter and more broad -- but at that > level of perfection, it quite honestly doesn't really matter to me. I > suppose that, for off road use. the E II might be desirable, but I'm quite > happy with what I now have. > > > > -- > *RESUMES THAT GET YOU NOTICED!* > Certified Resume Writer > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > patric...@resumespecialties.com <javascript:> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > > Albuquerque, NM > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
