[OrRando] Ye Olde Lighting Question

[joel metz]

best hub generator? schmidt SON, hands down. ive owned 4 of them over 
the past 10 years, currently i have 3 on bikes. the one on my old 
work bike (messengering) has about 70k miles on it, and was a 
replacement for the first one i had, which went about 65k miles 
before getting too notchy to use - and that was a function of the 
first generation design, which allowed water to seep in the casing, 
whereas the current design has eliminated that (thus the current hub 
with 70k miles and no real notchiness). the resistance is noticeably 
less than with the shimano hub dynamos, and theyre just classy 
looking to boot. i currently have them on my rando and touring bikes, 
both with single e6 lights. my old work bike (which i rode pbp on in 
2003) had one rigged to twin lumotecs. my current work bike has a 
shimano dynohub rigged to a single lumotec.

as for lights, i rode pbp and all my brevets in 2003 with twin 
lumotecs. this was *more* that enough light for my needs, and was, 
frankly, more light that most people i ran into on pbp, except those 
with supermegabright battery lights, which i actually find irritating 
and distracting to have around me, especially when helmet-mounted. 
grrr. :)

i currently have an e6 as the light on my rando bike, and have been 
considering a secondary light for that bike - about the only things 
id consider would be a nice dynamo-friendly led light, or maybe 
another e6. if i went with the led type light, i would probably 
switch it to primary and move the e6 down to a fork-tip mount for 
surface illumination - currently the e6 is under the handlebar bag 
rack, to the left of the wheel.

-joel

At 13:12 -0700 05.03.2007, Lesli Larson wrote:
>I'm putting together a new wheel set for my randonneuring bike.  At 
>this time, I'd to take the opportunity to convert from LEDs to a 
>generator hub system.  I've been reseaching the subject, looking at 
>schmidt hubs, etc, via Peter White's site, so I'm not entirely new 
>to the subject.
>
>My question for the or group: is there a consensus regarding the 
>best hub/lamp selection?  I'm only planning to run lights on the 
>front of the bike (with LEDS in the back).  I know the E-6 is the 
>staple lamp choice but what about the secondary light--another E-6, 
>lumotec, or what?.  Do most people use two lamps--or should one lamp 
>be satisfactory?
>
>I'd love to know what people are currently running on their bikes. 
>I've heard from some of you and I do try to gawk at actual bikes 
>during brevets but most of you folks are ahead of me so my data set 
>is incomplete.
>
>Also, is there any reason why my local shop couldn't order all the 
>component bits for me or is it best to go directly through  Peter 
>White?
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Lesli Larson
>Eugene, OR

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