Originally Posted by
CEBEP
Thanks
Jipe
I’m not sure if I’ll go with Micro Spline as my understanding it’s still a MTB only hubs, hence big cogs. I assume they may adapt it for road bikes too but not yet. Hence will most probably be looking at HG hubs which will also have wider choice of cassettes I assume. Which cassette would you recommend to go with HG?
HG is only Shimano 12s and as far as I know doesn't accept a cog smaller than 11t, so useless for small wheel bikes.
Currently, 12s is a mess, each manufacturer has its own "standard" incompatible with the others. Shimano has even two 12s "standard" one for MTB and one for road + a new in 11s and 10s for ebike with specific cassette, derailleur and shifter called Linkglide !
For the light of the Birdy, I still use the Supernova solution, its good enough for me, I do not have a front low rider carrier but a Brompton front block adapter from H&H and the always on light isn't a problem for me.
A better front light would be the SON Edelux II that has a On/OFF switch and also an automatic ON/OFF system with a light sensor. Note that the Supernova rear light work only with a Supernova front light, it requires the rear light output of a Supernova front light and cannot be connected to a hub dynamo output directly, so changing the front light for another brand than Supernova requires to also change the rear light.
Supernova announced almost one year ago a powerful new M99 DY Pro dynamo front light but its not available yet (and very expensive).