Comment on batteries, I use CR123 Lithium batteries wherever possible, since they have very strong and flat output (voltage) over their useful life. Yes, they tend to just die when used up, no appreciable tapering off, but I carry spare or two and prefer the strong light they deliver from flashlights. If one uses a TwoFish rubber & velcro lockblock, it's very easy to attach a lightweight and brilliant LED flashlight (such as quark mini from 4Sevens) and get useful illumination of the road ahead.
Which is not to say that I'm not also considering a dyno for the bike - just how I'm rolling now, without dyno. - Andrew, Berkeley On Saturday, January 3, 2015 7:09:01 AM UTC-8, Andrew Marchant-Shapiro wrote: > > Battery lights work well, but there is a risk. > > Years back, I remember changing out the batteries in a rear Vista blinker > and being surprised at how bright the light was. > > Because batteries drop slowly over time, it's easy to think you've always > got the same amount of light when you don't. Boiling the frog, so to > speak. You get used to it (just like you don't notice clutch or brake wear > on a car). > > With a generator system, this is not an issue. But some folks are better > at battery maintenance than are others. I just happen to be really bad at > it... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
