Thanks for the diagram Christian. I'll give that a try when I get a rear
light, just having a hard time wanting to spend 80 some dollars on a tiny
rear light at the moment.
Nice set up Ted. Looks similar to mine, I just skipped the a few steps.
It's working great for me so far.
On
Hey Brizbarn,
Correct, tail light should be powered through the appropoite connector on
the headlight. I believe the tail light has a lower power requirement than
what the dynamo provides.
I attached a diagram that is the same wiring scheme as my bike and what
your message discribes, its
It's a bit of mess right now, but here's the wiring for my GBW:
For the bottom we reemed out the hole near the drop outs ever so slightly
to let the wires fit through and water sealed it with some goop (hot glue):
https://photos.app.goo.gl/r5PvzDjBGAFrSycc7
For the top we used a downtube barrel
Hey Matthew,
I’m replying on my phone so apologies in advance for any typos or non-standard
formatting.
Running two wires to the taillight from the dynamo is probably the best and
loner straightforward way to do it. It’s a closed system and easy to track down
any issues if they arise.
I’m
Matthew, Thanks for the update with pics. I’m not sure I’m intrepid enough to dive right in, but you make it look do-able. Can’t wait to see pics of the final build. DustinOn May 25, 2023, at 1:24 PM, Matthew Williams wrote:Hi everyone, I thought you'd like an update of my progress.After frying
Christian, thanks for the pics and example. I have some of the Velo Lumino
wire. With a a B light, would I need to run two wires to a rear B
light? Or do something similar to what you show in your pics, grounding to
the frame on both the headlight and taillight ends, and just running one
Matthew,
Thank you for your post and your successful update. This inspired me to
try.
I have been successful for two different forks - one a modern Soma road
bike fork and the other a mid-90's Trek Multitrack fork. Used a bright
yellow insulated 22 ga. stranded wire to fish with. Was able
Time. Hassle.
I've got three dedicated dynamo bikes, and one is built for internal wiring
through the fork and rack. I haven't run the wires and attached the plugs
because I don't trust that I can do a good job. My bikes look awesome even
with external wiring, so I'm not too concerned with
Nice job Matthew, and thanks for the pics and explanation! I think I’ll try the same, but with B wire. I just got a new B IQ-XS light that I need to properly wire up with my Sinewave Reactor usb charger. I also still want to get a rear light too. BrianOn May 2, 2023, at 11:44 PM, Matthew Williams
I run the wire along the fork and have a ziptie - if I'm finicky I'd match
it to the bike frame. Not barber shop wrap. It's hidden and easy to
replace if I need to. I do leave a few loops of wire and curly cue around
a screwdriver to make sure I have some give for turning. And a loop near
My question is, why wouldn’t everyone running a dynamo do this? Perhaps for
sharing a single light with more than one bike? So clean.
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> On May 3, 2023, at 2:34 AM, Matthew Williams
> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> An update: I was able to fish the SON dynamo coaxial wire
Hey Matthew,
Smaller wire is fine. The wire that Velo Lumino sells is perfect. Any 22
or 24gauge multistrand wire would work but the Velo Lumino wire is flexible
and has very durable insulation. You could also seperate the BM dual strand
wire. The insulation is thicker and less durable but
Matthew,
Have you tried the wire that Velocity Lumino sells?
It’s much thinner than some of the other typically available wire for
dynamos and is definitely up to the task.
JMHO
Ray
On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 9:53:38 PM UTC-7 Matthew Williams wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> In the weeks to
Hi everyone,
In the weeks to come I’m going to be revisiting the wire-inside-the-fork
trick. However, the hole is too small for the existing dynamo wires and I
do not want to enlarge the hole.
What would happen if I used a smaller-gauge wire inside the fork, to
connect the dynamo to the
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