If it is the same hub (and even that is conjecture), I have a tough time seeing how an on/off switch down there can deal with bad weather. Snow, ice, and slush pile up on my current hubs. Can see it shorting out a switch in fairly short order.
BTW, my Schmidt hub is probably out of the ordinary, but can really notice it on my Sam Hillborne. Seems to have extra drag and a noticable vibration at certain speeds. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jan 18, 7:12 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > .....and Grant referred to the game-changer dynamo hub. Presumably > the same hub that Velo Orange has been talking up. If Riv and VO are > talking about the same part, then it's a dynamo hub that allows you to > totally disengage the dynamo mechanism when you aren't using the > light, so a lot less drag. VO says 50-90% less drag. I'm not sure > what that means to actually feeling it when riding with the lights > off, but it's also less than half the price of a Schmidt. > Interesting. > > On Jan 18, 4:23 pm, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > There's an interesting editorial on rivbike right now about how bikes > > aren't the same as cars. > > > It reminds me of something I often remember when teaching students: the > > idea that doing what's right and fair for a kid is sometimes not the same > > thing for any two given kids. > > > -Jim W.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
