I was saving and considering the options when I was educated first hand in the tunnels of Riv Rally East '12. My lights were a joke in comparison which was OK for infrequent night riding with my Rambouillet.
Hunter-gatherer product awareness and solidifying preferences lead me to a SON Deluxe and a B&M Luxos B. I use them every day on my commuter with no regret of price or extending my use battery lights knowing what I had coming together. I picked the SON for the format option that allowed me to use it on both my commuter and Ram. A bad shot from behind a group I was out for a night ride with last fall: Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Saturday, July 19, 2014 4:07:24 PM UTC-4, Minh wrote: > > Just my 2 cents on the cost. I started out with a budget light (not quite > the level of a cyo), it was fine. I now have an Edelux (v1)+SONdeluxe, > does it perform 10x better then my last one not really. But i don't regret > getting it as they are really well made items. > > If the cost is preventing you from getting a dyno setup, then i'd agree > with Justin, go for the Cyo and one of the other dyno options (SV, Sanyo, > Shimano), as functionally i don't feel you'd notice a difference. If > you're at peace with wanting to have nice things and spending the money > accordingly, then go for the Edelux+SON as they are pretty nice. > > If you're OK with the idea of buying from over-seas, there are some > options where you can save some money, but that does limit your warranty > options if something happens to them down the road and both of these have > pretty long warranties. > > And i don't look at it that quality bike things are getting crazy > expensive, i look at it as the range of affordable stuff has gotten so good > that it's hard to justify paying more--which goes back to me 'nice things' > comment :) > > > On Saturday, July 19, 2014 3:07:27 PM UTC-4, lungimsam wrote: >> >> Still mulling over getting a hub generator and light. >> Crazy expensive, though. >> Seems like most quality bike things are getting crazy expensive these >> days. >> >> *1. How to mount an edeluxe to a sidepull bike?* >> No interest in a front rack at this point. >> Just want to get a hub and a light. >> >> *2. Also: the new "wireless" Son hub is only wireless hub to fork dropout >> attachment, right? You still have to run wires from fork dropout to light?* >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
