Finally have my new commuter up and running. Took it on some shake down rides over the weekend and rode to work this a.m.
Frame and front rack are custom. Some on the RBW group may be interested in the Velogical dynamo I am using to power the head lights and tail lights. The new frame has a dynamo braze on but you can buy the Velogical with bolt on mounts. As this builder picture <https://www.flickr.com/photos/57976152@N07/17343953555/> shows, the Velogical tucks neatly under the Honjo H-35 fenders. There is a simple wire lever that either locks the dynamo on to the wheel or off. Lights are Lumotec EYC and Secula - you can see the latter in the linked picture. Velogical instantly powered both. Even at low speed the lighting is as bright as I could ever need in the city. Engaged it makes a little noise - not enough to annoy me - coasting the TT White Industry freewheel is louder I imagine there has to be drag, but nothing I notice. It has been pretty wet here in Chicago the last few days (weeks really). I deliberately rode through puddles. Velogical did not seem to slip any. I hope to take the bike on some short tours away from city lights soon. Frankly the lighting appears bright enough that I do not expect any problems. I have a SON hub on my tour bike and had one on my previous commuter. They are definitely great power generators. Velogical is somewhat less expensive, lighter, and allows use of whatever front hub you want. Time will tell whether these little dynamos are durable. At this point it definitely appears to be a viable alternative to generator hubs for some uses. -- 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/d/optout.
