Tom Hughes wrote: >Sent: 21 February 2008 10:29 AM
>To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Never run out of batteries again! > >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 ;-) > I found this useful thread http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.cycling/browse_thread/thread/83e61b4 1a2eabb78/cdc0f6b139acf8c9 Cheers Andy
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