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Old March 15th 17, 09:27 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
JBeattie
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On Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 12:17:31 PM UTC-7, David Scheidt wrote:
jbeattie wrote:
:On Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 7:53:52 AM UTC-7, David Scheidt wrote:
: Sir Ridesalot wrote:
:
: :I remember burning out bulbs with my bottle dynamo if I rode really
: :fast. I also remember the slipping problems when the wheels were wet even
: :when I used the rubber boot sold to go on the bottle dynamo roller. Hub
: :dynamos today really seem to fall down at slow speeds.
:
: Mine work fine from walking speeds. They produce more light at higher
: speeds, but at slow speeds you don't need it, because you're not
: moving fast.
:

:I sometimes need light most at slow speeds, when I'm creeping up hills and trying not to fall into giant pot holes.

I assure you the potholes in Chicago are as least as big as yours, and
my lights are fine for finding them as slow as I can ride a bike
upright. Perhaps your hub is defective.


Perhaps I do have a defective hub. Unlike Chicago, though, I'm riding home up little goat roads that are between a 6-10 percent grade and that are really a collection of patch and broken pavement. http://tinyurl.com/zo6hq6e

Scoll up the road. A lot of the patched sections are now holes after the snow storms. With wet pavement, it's hard to see the holes. Even when perfectly dry, it's not that great.

-- Jay Beattie.


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