Originally Posted by
sonnetg
Cool. Thanks for the info. Sanyo is more affordable. I can afford to shell out $150 anytime. I will need the wheel before this winter for commuting and occasional weekend training/touring. I will switch to the sidewall dynamo during the rest of the year.
And 30 Bikes!!!! holly molly...i only have four, and i thought that is one too many
Oh...and ever crack open a hub dynamo? i wonder how difficult or easy it would be to maintain one. I will crack open one of my bottle dynamos. I will need it for spare parts, so i dont see why not. Could be a good learning experience.
Cheers..
Depends on the hub. The old Sturmey-Archer Dynohub? I do those all the time. I haven't had to crack my Shimano...yet. Biggest problem is there aren't really any replaceable parts in there. Haven't had to service bearings yet, but I will cross that bridge when I get to it.
I have the tools for the SA dyno's and those are caged or free bearings no seals. FWIW they stopped making the GH6 SA hub in 1983, I have a couple from around 1960, and several more from the 1970's they all still work, some of them after some serious abuse. The single worst thing you can do to one of those is to separate the magnet and ring, that kills the hub and I have yet to figure out a way to remagentize them. But I am working on it. I have never heard of a dyno hub going bad from use. I don't doubt someone somewhere has had one go down, but it can't be a frequent occurrence.
BTW the 30 bikes...most are vintage, some belong to my kids (a 25 year old and a 26 year old) and at least 3 belong to my wife. So I am guilty of maybe 20?
And some of those will get sold or donated, eventually.
Aaron
