Originally Posted by
wahoonc
What kind of bulb is in the tail light? If it is a screw base
Compass Cycle sells an LED replacement with stand light that works great. I use them on a couple of bikes.
Aaron
This is the bulb i have. It is a screw base.
http://www.compasscycle.com/lighting_led_tail_bulb.html
The standlight is really surprising (to me at least, never had one before). I expected it to stay lit for a minute or two. But after riding and "charging" it for less than 5 minutes around the parking lot, it stayed pretty bright for at least 15 minutes and finally died out after about 40 minutes.
Originally Posted by
wahoonc
Nice job, I used a piece of nylon mono filament fish line then pulled the wire through. I have a couple of bikes with the BB generators, they work great most of the time, very wet or muddy conditions will affect the operation.
I'm very curious about how well my bb generator will work in the rain. I modified mine to make it lever actuated. See the bike build thread linked in the first post. As part of the modification, I removed the original engagement lever. It turns out this lever acted as a stop which kept the drum from hitting the tire as forcefully as it otherwise could. Now, i think the generator engages the tire harder than it used to. It will be a while before I can confirm this, since it doesn't rain or snow in Denver anymore.