If a bicycle is your main form of transport, you should consider a dynamo to power your lighting system.
Dynamos use the turning of your wheels to generate electricity, which can be then used to power your lights (or mobile phone, if you wish to get ambitious). Using the same system employed in windfarms, the dynamos now available have very little rolling resistance compared to those of yesteryear.
We stock both the excellent value Shimano hubs (the new 3N80 is brilliant), and the top shelf Schmidts (the SON 20R is THE dynamo hub). All will give you many years service, and mean less acid batteries end up in landfill.
The virtues of these dynamos are too numerous to mention, so drop in for a chat on how you can go battery free.
for more information on these Dynamos
Schmidt Dynohub
- Schmidt’s Webpage (mostly in German – not a lot of info)
- Peter White -The world’s #1 Schmidt advocate
One more thing – Because these dynamos are part of the hub, this nifty device will require you to replace your whole front wheel. A complete wheelbuild will cost around $300 with the Shimano hub dynamo.
