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Old 01-30-17 | 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by juvela
MARGIL of France made rubber caps to fit atop bottle generators so they could be run on the rim rather than on the tyre. Frequently available on ebay.
I tried one of these on a Union bottle-type generator years ago and found it unsatisfactory. It could not be brought to bear at the correct angle to run on the rim properly, and when run on the tire I found the generator's rotational speed (remember, enlarging the size of that driven spool slows down its spin) was reduced enough to be too low for adequate lighting. Neat idea, though.
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