Originally Posted by
Salubrious
OK- maybe someone can explain this to me- If for such a short distance, why bother with the weight, drag and reliability issues of a dynamo since there are batteries that can do the time for that sort of distance and weigh less? I do electronics for my day job; am I seeing something that others aren't or is it the other way around?
I agree with you. Batteries are a perfectly fine way to go for randonneuring. While you don’t really need a dynamo, it’s nice to have because you can run your headlight all night long and never run out of power. The weight and drag of the hub are negligible. With batteries, I either needed to keep my headlight on low power most of the night or bring an extra set of batteries. Neither one of which was that big of a deal.