Originally Posted by
noglider
[MENTION=465722]robertorolfo[/MENTION], this dynamo is inside the hub of my front wheel, so I'm not rubbing a bottle-shaped dynamo against the sidewall of my tire. No adjustments needed. The lights are bolted on, and wires run from the dynamo hub to them. It's more reliable than anything by far.
I supplement these two lights with a battery-powered flashing tail light and a battery-powered spoke light. I charge the tail light with USB every month or so. I replace the button cells in the spoke light every two months.
Thanks as always for your insight. It really is helpful.
Are you saying you are running two "headlights" simultaneously? I remember a few years back some discussion among motorcycle people thinking this wasn't always a good idea (a few bikes were starting to come with double headlights). The line of thought was that a car might see you approaching and think that the narrowly spaced headlights were actually those of a car much further away, leading to the fear someone would pull out right in front of you, not realizing how close you actually were.
Of course motorcycles travel much faster and in regular lanes of traffic, but it's just a thought.
Anyway, this is fun thread, and it's interesting to hear stories of people's rides.