Thanks Will and Ben - your input is appreciated. Velocity came to mind as a choice as the bike is currently sporting black Velocity Quill rims (with black WI hubs) and I'd like to stick with the same rim up front. This would be my first dynamo hub so I'm eager to glean what I can from those with experience. I have used rim powered bottle dynamos in the past - loved having the always available lighting but hated the drag and the noise,
Steve On Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 8:30:36 PM UTC-4 Will Boericke wrote: > Going to throw in my experience with Kasai and Shimano dynamos: > bulletproof. I ride every day, in all weather (rain, snow, salt, etc). I > would not hesitate to buy an SP wheel, but I'd probably prefer to buy a $50 > Shimano dynamo hub and build a wheel because I like that. > > Will > > On Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 7:24:57 PM UTC-4 Ben Miller wrote: > >> Steve, >> >> That hub looks like a SP Dynamo. Those are usually around $90. So good >> deal, but $170 would be overpaying. SP hubs are good, in someways better >> than Schmidt hubs (certainly better in price). But Schmidt SON look better >> to my eye and my experience suggests they last longer. (SP dynamos still >> last a long time, just maybe not the "forever" that Schmidt hubs seem to >> last). I have Dynamo hubs on all my bikes, and more than half of them are >> SP. I'll go Schmidt if it's a fancy build or higher milage. But SP hubs are >> great. >> >> FYI, Crust sells a complete wheel set with an SP SV-8. But I'm guessing >> you are just looking for a front wheel? >> >> On Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 3:53:31 PM UTC-7 Steve wrote: >> >>> I'm considering a dynamo hub for my Platypus and am wondering if anyone >>> here on the list has had experience with one? Velocity's web page doesn't >>> offer any electrical specs, but the Google-sphere suggests they are >>> manufactured by Schmidt and/or SP. The price is attractive - $90 if >>> included as a wheel build ($170 if purchased alone). >>> >>> Steve in AVL >>> >> -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1332ec0c-d37e-4928-bbcd-ce2c9512f48fn%40googlegroups.com.
