Matthew, Have you tried the wire that Velocity Lumino sells? It’s much thinner than some of the other typically available wire for dynamos and is definitely up to the task.
JMHO Ray On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 9:53:38 PM UTC-7 Matthew Williams wrote: > Hi everyone, > > In the weeks to come I’m going to be revisiting the wire-inside-the-fork > trick. However, the hole is too small for the existing dynamo wires and I > do not want to enlarge the hole. > > What would happen if I used a smaller-gauge wire inside the fork, to > connect the dynamo to the headlight? > > Will a smaller-gauge wire be unable to handle the voltage/amperage from > the dynamo? Will the headlight and taillight outputs be weaker? Or will the > difference between the existing/stock wire and a smaller gauge be > imperceptible? > > As always, your wisdom, advice, experience, and opinions are appreciated! > > On Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 10:13:40 PM UTC-8 Matthew Williams wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Most bikes I see with the SON dynamo have the wire wound around the right > front fork blade. I want to run the wire inside the fork using the small > hole near the dropout. > > I’ve already fished a thin wire through the fork as a leader i.e. I can > attach the leader to the SON dynamo wire and pull it through the fork, > unless the dynamo wire is too thick. Below are photos of the leader wire I > fished through the fork. > > Is this possible, or is it a bad idea? Has anyone here managed to achieve > this setup? If so, how did you do it, and please post photos of your > internal wiring setups! > > -- 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/4a477c03-d743-4dbc-bfd8-ce3c6f0b6a20n%40googlegroups.com.
