Originally Posted by
JaccoW
I can get a
prebuilt dynamo wheel for 90, add a
fairly decent front light for 20 (that's brighter at 40 lux than the 28 lux for the pair of the magnetic lights) and 10
rear light and you're only 5 more expensive than this setup. All that leaves you is a lighter setup that's easier to swap between bikes. Swap out the front light for a
B+M Cyo Premium and it will vastly outshine the other option for 35 more.
Look, I'm not hating on the tech. I think it's pretty cool. But I do have trouble seeing what the added advantage is over existing tech. And it doesn't help that I live next door to the country with some of the best and most affordable bicycle light technology. The US is just very expensive when it comes to dynamo wheels compared to the rest of the world.
This is good information. Sometimes people ask me where to get a reasonably priced dynamo wheel. I build my own wheels but others don't. I checked out this site's shipping charge for one of those wheels, and it was 20 to the US which really isn't that bad.