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01-30-14 | 08:24 PM

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tcs

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Originally Posted by mrbubbles

Dynamo system works very well in the cold, no battery chemical system to worry about.

Hmmm - headlamp, $50 budget, dynamo system. Let's see...

Dynamo hub, spokes to rebuild front wheel, modern LED headlamp...whoa, way over budget. Reelight SL550 Front...nope, shipping will put you over budget. Maybe a B&M IQ Fly ($30 + ~$12 shipping from Peter White) and an old sidewall bottle generator from the LBS's junk drawer? Or one of these? Perhaps an old West German Union 100

fitted with a modern replacement LED bulb?

Well, all of these would broadcast photons after a fashion, but I'm not really feeling warm and snuggly about the <$50 dynamo systems I've come up with. What hardware were you envisioning, mrbubbles?

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