Check out the Kasai dynamo. They're available from Riv or Merry Sales. Lots of them on Riv bikes, and no complaints so far.
Rich On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 5:20:03 PM UTC-7, William deRosset wrote: > > Dear Jonathon, > Unless you live somewhere hot and submerge your hubs on mtb rides or > something similar in terms of temperature differential the gas exchange > mechanism is a non-issue. > > I've owned both. I've worn out both an SV8 (ended up getting new bearings, > now being used by a friend in town) and a SON 28 (which took a spa trip to > Germany after its first winter (2000) and now lives in Vermont with my > brother). There is no significant difference in basic reliability in my > experience. I have over 100,000 miles on various SON hubs and somewhat > fewer on the SP; I have used hub dynamos since 1999. I would suggest making > your decision based not on the reliability (both excellent) but on other > factors. > > For example, do you want/need both a wide flange spacing and very low > drag? Do you want/need the wiring fully integrated into the bike? If either > or both of the latter obtain, then the SON has options that the SP does > not. > > If not, then the SP connectors (identical to the Shimano) are a better > design in my opinion. On the other hand, the SON is more nicely finished. > Taiwan or Germany? Both make great stuff. You pays your money and makes > your choice. > > If you can live with a narrow-ish flange spacing, or you don't plan to > build a one-off fork with special connectors, then either will work fine, > and both Anton Tutter(SP in North America) Peter White (SON in North > America) and Jan Heine (SON in North America, I think) will be happy to > help you. PJW will also work with your local bike shop through their > commercial account. > > Best Regards, > > Will > William M. deRosset > Fort Collins, CO > > On Monday, May 11, 2020 at 10:06:29 PM UTC-6, Jonathan D. wrote: >> >> I was curious what folks experience are with the different dynamo hub >> options. The Schmidt Sonn Dynamo hub seem to set the standard but at a >> high cost. The other two I was looking at are Shutter Precision and the >> Shimano Dynamo hubs. Anyone seen a good comparison? Should I be concerned >> with reliability if I went with something cheaper than the Schmidt hub? >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fcb6146b-8df3-4c5e-9f8f-32c5f0519912%40googlegroups.com.
