Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
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
If you're going to spend a lot of time on your bike without needing lights, this is worth considering. You should be ready to buy an expensive regulator and some hardware, because the cheap regulators aren't proven yet, so it's a lot more than just the dynamo wheel. A regulator has to take a variable voltage alternating current and turn it into a relatively smooth direct current capped at close to 5 volts.