Originally Posted by
unterhausen
wasn't the only dynohub available 40 years ago from Sturmey Archer? Because that would be a shame to compare anything from SA to something you can get from any of the vendors nowadays.
How a shame? Their dynohubs were the bee's knees wearing the cat's pyjamas. The technology in the hub itself has not changed. Lights are better and more reliable now, but the same 40 (or 100) year old hub is a very solid design.