In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jonas Svensson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: > >> I remember those rim running dynamos on my bike as a kid. I hated them >> because they made a load of noise and you could really feel the resistance. >> It amazes me that nobody has come up with a simpler and more efficient >> solution. > > There are better solutions, at least for the bikes headlight. I do not > know what the name is in english but the generator is mounted in the > center of the wheel. Can't feel the resistance and it won't clog up by snow. > See for example > <http://webhotel.uni2.dk/dcf/cyklist/cyk20005/20005-07.htm> (in Danish). Usually called a "hub dynamo" in english I think. Obviously much harder to retrofit than a rim dynamo however ;-) Tom -- Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.compton.nu/ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk