multimodal commuter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NJ, NYC, LI
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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
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^^ I could just repeat Aaron's post but the details are a little different for me.
My commuter has a Shimano HB-NX20 hub and home made LED lights, awesomely bright and always on. My old Trek 720 has an old Sanyo dynamo hub driving an E3 Supernova and matching taillight. The rest are all Sturmey Archer. My orange Norman three speed has a '51 SA AG hub driving SA headlights retrofitted to take LED bulbs. My '48 RRA and my Lambert both have '56 GH-6 hubs running home made LED lights, basically the same as on my commuter bike; but the hubs being weaker and the wheels being large the voltage and wattage are lower, so the light is somewhat less awesome (dang good, though!). My Fothergill has an older dynohub, I'm not even sure whether it's a GH-8 or GH-12, running the same home made lights again... bright!
And that's not even a complete list.
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