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Old 11-11-13 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Bandera
Correct! I still dig the Cat-face logo.

In our less than scientific but reasonable drag testing two bikes of the same type were assembled for customers on each side of a Park workstand, one w/ a Schwinn Approved Union generator set the other w/ the Marchal. Dynamos engaged both were spun up to whiz-bang top gear speed in the workstand and allowed to coast to a stop. Both put out bright headlight/taillights but the French Super Sport unit spun a good bit longer than the German generator, a win for Marchal.

-Bandera
Very cool! I'd like to see that between a Sanyo hub dyno and a Shimano or SON, but we'd need rollers or a drill/disk rim drive for the front wheel.
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