aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
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Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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Aaron, those bottle dynamos are much more expensive than the Chinese one I cited. Are they really excellent in some way? Probably more durable.
Hmm, I need a concept, then to prove it. This bike seems like a worthy hauler, but I don't know if I want to put more money in it for the time being.
One mistake I often make is to buy something cheap, become dissatisfied with it, then buy something moderately-priced, become dissatisfied with it, then buy something expensive and well made. If I just skipped the first two steps, I would save money. So perhaps the wise thing is to skip to the nice dynamo. The hub, or one of the two you cited?