antokelly

very nice but no mudguards (fenders) i can't make out the name on that beauty.

MassiveD

I've never paid up to the really high performance light systems they have out there. I like riding at night, and thought it might be an option for me, but can't see the landscape at night, or see the roads well enough to be safe, or navigate. So I gave up on it. Do you find you can ride at night with these upscale light (vs 2 aa battery types, though these days you can get 300 lumens out of them. A good light for rain is of course essential.

What about GPS do they have night vision friendly versions of that?

Tourist in MSN

I can ride at night with my dynohub powered light, but that is on pavement. I would not want to ride off-road trails with a light designed for only 2.4 or 3 watts from the hub. That said, I rode a motorcycle for decades. With a sealed beam headlight like were common a few decades ago, (or the H4 model that I had that was not DOT approved) you have pretty good light but riding at night was something that you had to do a lot of to get really comfortable. Same thing with a bicycle, it takes a while to get comfortable riding at night.

GPS, most recreational grade ones have a backlit screen, I do not know about the bike specific models. I use the recreational grade type GPS units. I try to avoid using the light on them, that consumes battery much faster.

veganbikes

But technically you can tour on any bike and you wanted a dynamo setup which could come on any bike and be what you might be looking for. Plus you did post it in the touring section so it is unlikely non-touring folks will post. You might also ask about dynamo set ups in the electronic/gadget section of the forum.

antokelly

yes Veganbikes but what i said was im going to be building a touring bike come the new year ,
i already have a new carbon bike if i ride at night i use my battery lights..
theres some very clever bike builders on this forum i was hoping to see photos of the dynamo system they use and clever ways to wire it up.
like for instance would it be a bad idea to run the cable through the frame which would mean drilling holes in the frame and fork ,Cables on my road bike are all internal makes for a very neat bike.
i searched utube for ways of doing this (drilling frame) but no luck, i know what dynamo i want Shimano/ Primium light Bush n Muller 80lux and rear toplight.
anyway thanks for your input most appreciated.

Tourist in MSN

I would avoid even thinking about drilling holes in the frame.

antokelly

cheers MSN that's why i asked either it was a big no no or should be fine.
when i'm putting a bike together i like to get it as good as it can possible be bit of a geek like that lol.
i really don't like cables all over the place , the new shimano 105 is more like campag as in all the cables are hidden on the bars, great idea .so if i can hide the dynamo cables great if not i might just use the battery B&M toplight.

fietsbob

when I had a wired taillight on my rear mudguard, I used the housing liner over the FD cable down the down tube,

wound the wire over that .. cable slipped inside it just as if it were not there. short loop under the BB,

then ran the wire hot melt glued inside the mudguard to the taillight.. with low battery draw LED taillights, I got to remove all that..
Summer Tour Bike, plenty of daylight ..

though the bike (s) I use in the winter have Hub dynamos .. And I dont sweat the visuals of wire to the taillight ..

bmike

If you are having the frame built, have them put in wiring runs.
If you are buying an off the shelf frame talk to a local frame builder about adding eyelets and holes for wiring.

antokelly

Cheers lads sure i'll do me best to get it looking the dog's.

off the peg frame bMike.but i will ask.

rhm

You can't see my dynamo, it's in the front wheel; a wire runs on the hidden side of the fork leg up to the headlight and then to the tail light. The wire is black, and you can see it running under the down tube and you can see it on the left side rear fender stay.

I run a second wire from the dynamo to a cheap converter that has one USB outlet. I can use that to run a GPS, charge a phone or other battery, etc. The box and whatever it's charging sits in the pannier (you can see the wire running into the pannier from the other side), except for the GPS that goes on the mount on the handlebar.

Add rear panniers, and we're ready to tour.

I'm probably going to add a very small front rack --one of the ones that attaches to the front brake-- to hold all the electronics. But I haven't got to doing that yet.

antokelly

fantastic build man after me own heart thanks for posting that photo.

bmike

I run mine with some heat shrink tubing along the rear brake cable:

IF wired for lights. Have a bit more tweaking to do. Cable from headlight to tail light follows the brake cable. Shrink tubing keeps it together. by Mike, on Flickr

NerdLord

I have the same bags..except the trunk...how do you like your? I was thinking about getting it.

antokelly

Nice job mike but would a much thinner cable work better .
seen one on utube the cable was extra thin i'll see if i can dig it up.

antokelly

here u go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYRqIuYkTNY

NerdLord

2008 FUJI absolute, used in college, dusted off, serviced and rack/bag upgrades to give this whole touring thing a shot....

fks

Keeping with the Glacier theme

antokelly

And why not bike and pilot looking great.

flippant

(Bike on the left; link to setup)

bikemig 

Do you have a pic of your bike with a full touring set up? How many liters capacity do you use? That rear bag holds only 14 liters, right?

Buffalo Buff

That's what that pic is!

Its a 17l bag. On that trip I was typically at 15-16 liters, a little under its max internal load.