Electronics, Lighting, & Gadgets - Anyone used the Busch/Muller Ride & Charge?

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quester
06-29-09, 10:13 PM
Ride & Charge (http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/b&m.asp)

I've got one paired with a SRAM i-light (discussed in another thread). I was talking w/ Peter White about replacing the i-light as I get an annoying vibration at 12mph. Rather than just go ahead and sell me a new $250 hub, Peter has agreed to put a ride&charge on a bike on a stand and see if he can re-create the vibration using a Schmidt hub.

In the meantime, anyone else use the ride&charge? If so, have you noticed such a vibration, and in either case what hub are you using?

Cheers,
pete


echotraveler
10-11-09, 08:06 PM
that sounds very cool!

canopus
10-12-09, 05:05 PM
I would probably change my light and before changing the hub... especially if the ride and charge only works with the IXON... (Put the IXON up on the block and get a better one with a stand light)
Can you describe the vibration and feel? Can you hear it? Is it only when the light is on or the ride and charge?