Originally Posted by
kookaburra1701
Eventually I'm going to do that, but right now I'm looking for an <$500 solution.
As my article states, the cost of building a system just like mine is about $161. Given that it might last ten years or more with little maintenance, that beats any battery system in dollars per mile.
Originally Posted by
modernjess
Dynamo lights are a great option and if I had one main bike that I rode all the time I'd do it for sure. But I have several bikes that may need lighting on any given day. It's simply not feasible or even possible to put a dynamo hub on all of them. Light mounts on the other hand are cheap, so are extra batteries for my cygo.
A fair criticism. I'm working on it. If all your bikes run 700c wheels, I've already got that worked out. I can move my dynamo front wheel from bike to bike. I'm working on making the lights detachable, too.
One really cool option is to attach the headlight to the front wheel, but that's quite tricky and not necessarily going to work on just any bike. Sheldon managed it.