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Old 10-17-15 | 05:56 PM
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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

Originally Posted by kickstart
Although I favor dyno lights, I also have some battery lights as backups, and for my vintage bikes.
I agree with the principal of backup lights, but I'm curious. Have you ever had to bring in a battery light because a dynamo light has failed? I haven't, not once. I have had plenty of battery lights drain or fall off the mounts and fail in other ways that having backup would have been a good thing.

Once I noticed my dynamo tail light wasn't working. One of the wires had fallen out of the light. That's the only failure I have had.
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