Hah! There was a time when the ability to charge my tricorder (for me, an iPhone) or its yet-to-be-produced-analog (precision USB-powered coffee grinder? piezo-electric iced coffee cooler? mobile Bitcoin mine?) would definitely have been a plus. But I have after much time and mileage come to "appreciate the simpler things" (which actually means I'm too old, tired, and lazy to embrace such complexities). Also, battery life on the iPhone has improved! :)
At any rate, it seems my low speed per se probably isn't reason to eschew the lower-drag dynamos. Oh well. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 4:50:02 PM UTC-5, William deRosset wrote: > >If I were a generally faster rider I might've gotten an SP SV-8 (which I > think is the one intended to work with smaller wheels with higher typical > rotation rates. But I don't like the notion of worrying about going "fast > enough to see" when I have a choice. > > Dear Thomas Lynn, > > "Fast enough to see" is a brisk walking pace with an SV-8 (or SONdelux) > and either a Cyo or an Edelux. Staggering around after an unpaved 300K is > not quite fast enough to get out of the flicker zone. The hubs with more > poles are better for high-draw use (so those of us who charge their > tricorders and other electronic paraphernalia while tootling along) and > bikepacking rally riders who push their steeds up long, babyheaded > singletrack climbs at night, though most of those I know use battery lights > to supplement their hub generator and recharge them with the lights off > during the day. > > Best, > > Will > William M. deRosset > Fort Collins, CO > > On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 1:38:34 PM UTC-6, Thomas Lynn Skean wrote: >> >> I have an SP PV-8 hub on one Hillborne and a current-generation SON28 on >> another Hillborne. I like them both just fine. I may end up getting another >> dynamo'd wheel in the future and, barring near-future failure of the one I >> have, will probably get another SP PV-8 just because it's >$150 cheaper. >> >> If I were a generally faster rider I might've gotten an SP SV-8 (which I >> think is the one intended to work with smaller wheels with higher typical >> rotation rates. But I don't like the notion of worrying about going "fast >> enough to see" when I have a choice. >> >> I use them both with an Edelux II and find I have plenty of light when I >> need it, even below 10mph. Off-the-cuff I can't tell whether one hub yields >> more light than the other at the same speed. Nor can I tell that one is >> more easy-rolling than the other. Sometimes I do feel that the SON28 is >> rolls *smoother* but not necessarily *easier*. On both I can feel the >> resistance when the light is on versus when the light is off. And for both >> I *think* I can tell that they do not roll as easily as a non-dynamo hub >> even when the light is off. But assuming that's true it's not nearly enough >> to make me want to go back to a non-dynamo hub. I would consider going >> back only if either becomes unreliable as a light source in the next few >> thousand miles. >> >> I got the SON28 simply because I suspected (and still suspect) that it >> will last longer. With only hundreds of miles on each (all problem free) I >> can't speak with experience on life expectancy. I'd've been very >> disappointed if either had had issues before now. I prefer the SON28's >> connection style but the SP's works fine also. >> >> Yours, >> Thomas Lynn Skean >> >> On Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 12:53:44 AM UTC-5, Don Funke wrote: >> >>> Anyone have experience with these hubs? They have some good reviews and >>> are considerably less expensive than some of the german brands. I assume >>> they can be manufactured cheaper without the stringent german regulatory >>> process. >>> >>> http://www.intelligentdesigncycles.com/shop/shutter-precision-hub-dyanmos.html >>> >> -- 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.
