I agree with Tom's points. A dynamo is great for the all-rounder bikes that always gets ridden. My road/gofast/not-ridden-as-much bike has the battery lights as needed for the shorter daylight days. If you can find an asymmetrical light with rechargeable batteries, all the better!
On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 1:01:19 PM UTC-7, Tom Wyland wrote: > > On my primary allrounder/commuter I have dynamo wheel and lights. Here > are the reasons I like the dynamo: > > 1) If you ride it every day it's just one more thing you don't have to > worry about. I'm also not "saving" my battery charge for when it's "really > dark." > 2) Battery lights don't work very well in the cold. I had too many battery > lights die on me on dark winter nights. > 3) Three words: Daytime Running Lights. I'm pretty sure the always-on > lights on my IQ Fly have saved me from several left hooks. > > Instead of having a fancy custom-made dynamo wheel I ordered mine from > Germany, where everyone is required to run lights on their bikes. It's > sturdy and utilitarian, but you won't win any races with the extra weight > and drag of any dynamo system. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
