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Old 01-19-12 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by chandltp
Well, if it holds up for the life of the bike (2 -3 years with little cleaning), then yes it probably could be disposable. I don't know enough to know if they change connections for the lights or not (since the lights are the expensive part it seems). If they don't, then it could work. Although the front wheel seems to have relatively little abuse in the winter, so assuming I stick with a 26" wheel, I could just move it between bikes as they get replaced.
All lights I have dealt with come with a pigtail and/or slip connector. Then you run a two strand wire down to the dyno hub plug. I use wire from old electronics chargers, it is already color coded and FREE! On a couple of bikes I added water resistant quick disconnects up near the light.

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