On 4/29/19 3:19 PM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote:
Batteries are disheartening. I don’t know much else about dyno, but I don’t like batteries. If I understand correctly, YOU are the battery of a dyno, yes?
You are the power source. The closest thing to a battery on a dynamo system is the standlight capacitor. Battery stores charge, dissipates it over time, eventually dies - faster in the cold. Generator makes power as you go; run time is infinite, limited only by the rider, and temperature insensitive. Also, as batteries age they lose capacity, so the system that this year may be good for 4 commutes in 3 years may dim out after 3 1/2. And you never have to remember in advance with a generator system to charge it to get ready for use. You forget you even have a dynamo system until you need it, at which point you flip a switch and there it is.
Roberta, you’ll have to share everything you learn if you get dyno before I do! I think the description of how I like my bike set up is: CAPABLE. Ready for anything. I never want to worry about not having lights or not being able to carry something or having to compromise or settle. My End of the World Bike: Ready. Smart. And darn pretty.
Then a dynamo system is totally in line with your philosophy.
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