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Old 11-26-17 | 08:27 PM
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Bikes: It's complicated.

Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
But you can get LED conversion bulbs for the Dynohub-powered "bullet" lights:

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But it'll be a dim bulb.

Originally Posted by Road Fan
Gugie, have you seen any electrical testing? Specs on the SA hubs are 6 volts 0.3 watts. I don't have a good handle on the power required for, say, a Luxos.
Specs on pretty much all modern hub generators is 6V 3W - 10x the old SA model.

Folks, if you want to be seen by cars, a vintage generator will do the trick. If you want to see the road, go modern.
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