Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
My suggestion to anyone building up a new touring bike is to decide if they will do enough touring that they might want a way to charge batteries later. Cost of a dynohub out of the box is not that much more than a quality front hub. But the cost to upgrade later to a dynohub is much higher. So, if you might want a dynohub later, get it now.
I am not sure what the story on front forks will be for the Backroad. Mine works quite well with an old steel LHT fork.
I am very interested in getting a dyno hub. On a recent 4-day out and back tour without any recharging capability, I lost significant time when I had to stop to charge up my phone at an outlet and it caused me problems later when I lost daylight before reaching my intended destination.. Any recommendation on brands, models? I'd like one that would power a light and world also charge a Garmin, phone and battery pack. I've done only a little research so don't know much about this.
I still don't know what fork I'm going to use. A Surly rep recommended the Straggler fork.