*SALE PENDING* On Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 6:16:03 AM UTC-5, Frank Brose wrote: > > For Sale. Dyno front wheel. Professionally built. With Lumotec light. Very > good condition. Wheel has a few very light scrapes and scratches but the > braking surface is clean. Mileage is low as I generally rode my Riv > Atlantis when I was going to be in the dark.I really don't need two dyno > powered bikes. Best guess is less than 350 miles. Asking $315 net to me > I'll cover the shipping in the CONUS. > > - Schmidt SON 20 R 32h silver front hub > - Grand Bois 650B 32h rims > - DT Swiss Competition DB spoke > - Lumotec IQ Cyo N Plus uncut wire with spades attachched. I can send some > xtra spades the buyer needs some and wants to cut the wires to their > preferred length. > - This setup has never been ridden in the rain. > > For the record the Son 20 R is now referred to as a Delux. They were > renamed due to German law. Here's the story per Peter White and he would > know: > > Schmidt changed the name of the SON20R to SON*delux*. Skip this > paragraph if you aren't interested in German bicycle lighting regulations. > ;-) The reason for the name change is a bit complicated. German law > regulating bicycle lighting is very strict. A dynamo powered headlight must > reach a certain brightness at a certain minimum speed. If you use a hub > designed for 20" wheels to make a wheel with a 700c rim, that wheel will be > rotating at a slower RPM at a given speed than the same hub in a 20" wheel, > so the hub's output will be lower. With a halogen bulb headlight, the light > would not reach the minimum required brightness until you were going faster > than the law requires. But with LED headlights such as the Schmidt Edelux, > Busch & Müller CYO and others, this isn't a problem. You can use a hub > designed for 20" wheels in a 700c wheel and the light will be very bright > at low speeds. Previously, it was illegal under German law for Schmidt to > sell the SON20R in Germany for use in 700c wheels. But the law has been > changed, provided the customer also buys a LED headlight. So now, Schmidt > can sell the SON20R for use with 700c rims, as long as the wheel is used to > power certain LED headlights that produce high output with very little > power. So there's no longer any need to call the hub a "SON20R", implying > it's only suitable for 20" and smaller wheels. Hence, the name change to SON > *delux*. > > Please contact me off list. > Thanks, > Frank >
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