greater usage of the generator wheel across a wider range of applications, is what I meant to say.
On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 3:55:09 PM UTC-4, Coal Bee Rye Anne wrote: > Thanks, Ian. I do appreciate the suggestion. One detail I excluded is > that my current mileage is limited and does not actually justify a fleet of > 4 bicycles. I'm also faced with a restricted budget and trying to avoid > impulse or short term solutions that may end up costing more in the long > run. As a personal compromise, I've adopted the practice of keeping 2 > bikes road ready but only one kept readily accessible in home at a time, > with the 2nd complete and 2 spare frames plus parts packed away in > available storage space thanks to generous family. So I really only have > one bike at a time in our small living space, with most rides going right > out the door and through nearby parks and multi-use paths. Clamp on > battery lights have served me well for the most part and I keep another > mounted on my helmet. I'll often just rely on the helmet light during > short evening rides, rather than take the time to locate and install the > handlebar mounted one that often gets removed and/or kept in a saddle bag > that may or may not be mounted on the bike at any given time (I > shuffle among a few bags depending on type of ride so sometimes the lights > just end up in the wrong bag at the wrong time.) > > Part of the appeal for me is investing in a single reliable generator hub > wheel that I'll keep regardless of what bike ends up becoming my primary > bike, if that makes sense. So the thought of having a rim that could > withstand a few years of rim brake usage but continue to last indefinitely > as a disc wheel on a potential future bike (maybe a BMC Monstercross Disc, > which I've once considered as a replacement for my 3 lighter bikes and > to downsize to a final 2 bike stable.) > > Another reason I've hesitated to fully commit to a disc specific rim is > that my recently limited mileage kind of makes tubeless irrelevant, so if > going with tubes for the foreseeable future I think I'd rather just > sacrifice the disc rim optimization altogether and go for a beefier rim > brake rim and get greater usage of the generator wheel across a wider range > of usage. > > I've been back and forth about all of this so still just debating all the > possibilities. > > Thanks. > > > On Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 2:21:10 PM UTC-4, Ian A wrote: > >> Can't comment on the rims/differences therein, but in terms of switching >> one wheel among different bikes that aren't all disc models, I would >> suggest it's an idea in principle that will rarely be put into practice. >> Readjusting brakes and presumably moving over lights is time consuming >> enough to be majorly inconvenient. >> >> My unsolicited advice would be to build up a purpose built dynamo disc >> wheel for the 12x100 bike, optimising the rim for that purpose. >> >> Out of my four bikes (all canti brakes), three have dynamo hubs/lighting >> systems. I could share one dynamo hub and light(s) between the two 26" >> bikes, but it would be a royal pain. And even then it would only make sense >> to run dynamo front lights in that scenario. (The convenience of a dynamo >> rear light is greater in practice than in theory. I am slack about keeping >> batteries charged). >> >> SoN hubs are costly, but the various Shimano and SP offerings are >> reasonable enough to be able to justify more than one bike in a fleet to >> have dynamo lighting. >> >> My 2c only. Apologies for the answering a question not asked. >> >> IanA Alberta Canada >> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
