Personally, I cannot imagine life without a dyno hub. It's always on, and always works. I value this particularly in the depths of winter when I'm commuting in the dark more often than not. Plus, it's cold out - I don't want to fiddle with plugging in this and that .. I just get on and go.
Batteries? No thanks. KJ On Friday, January 29, 2016 at 7:52:51 PM UTC-5, Doug Williams wrote: > > Warning: Heresy and Impiety follow! I know that we are all retro-grouches > here and my AHH shifts 8-speed friction on Silver’s. Friction shifting will > never die so long as I live. But I honestly think that technology has left > dynohubs in the dustbin of history. > > > I run two Ixon Core battery powered (USB rechargeable) lights. Made by > Busch & Müller; I got them from Peter White, see them here: > http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/b&m.asp > > > The light output and beam shape are both outstanding. The batteries last > plenty long too (3 hours on high power and 15 hours on low power). But if > I’m going on a REALLY long night ride and/or I want to run the lights at > high-power for the whole ride, I just plug them into my Zendure USB power > bank battery and I can charge my lights even when they are in use. The > Zendure’s come in several sizes from 6,700mAh to 25,600mAh and weights from > 136 grams to 725 grams (for the really ridiculously powered model). The > thing is, even the small ones are enough to run my phone for navigation > (Ride with GPS sucks power in navigation mode) and my lights at full power > for much longer than I need. I keep the Zendure in my Sackville TrunkSack > Small and the lights and bag are both mounted on my front Mark’s Rack. > > > Dyno hubs on Peter’s website weigh from 575 to 720 grams and cost from > $257 to $426. USB battery banks like the Zendure weigh less and cost less > than a dynohub. They also power more stuff (mostly 2 outputs but 4 on the > big one) than a dynohub. They provide power for as long as a mortal can > ride and don't require a special wheel. > > > So…why do we still ride dynohubs? > > > Doug > > >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
