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Currently bikepacking in the Sonoran Desert (Sky Islands West loop) and have had no problems keeping my devices charged up with the combination of a SON dynohub, Sinewave Beacon, and Goal Zero solar panel and battery pack. As others have said the key is to use the charging sources to power the

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When I go on a two day ride, I just put my phone in airplane mode. It (a five-year-old iPhone) will stay charged for more than a week that way. When I need to use it for anything other than a camera, I take it off airplane mode. As Max suggested, you can also carry an external battery for

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While not an "on the ride" charging option, portable solar panel rigs are becoming close to interesting for situations where sunlight can be tapped for charging devices or bricks. An NYT take on panels and banks: NYT Wirecutter review

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This is wild. WILD. I really enjoyed reading it, and I was panicking, right there with you! You should write them a product review. L On Monday, March 25, 2024 at 8:41:26 PM UTC-4 divis...@gmail.com wrote: > Essentially, this was what Busch & Muller did with the Luxos U, which > everyone but

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Essentially, this was what Busch & Muller did with the Luxos U, which everyone but me seems to have disliked. It's one of the heaviest LED headlights of the last 15 years, specifically because there's a lithium battery inside the headlight enclosure. The dynamo charges up the battery, and then

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Thanks, Jason, I'm particularly heartened by "noise doesn't translate into slowness." I can live with pavement buzz. On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 9:17 PM Jason Fuller wrote: > Patrick: I've run the Umtanum (650x55) in endurance casing, and have pals > I ride with regularly on the full range

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I’m glad everyone knows all these things and then shares because I’m in need of it. I didn’t know you could damage your phone charging it in dyno. Will this be true even of the German master engineers at Schmidt when their new edelux hits the market? They say it charges 10 volts… Max, is that a

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Patrick: I've run the Umtanum (650x55) in endurance casing, and have pals I ride with regularly on the full range basically - 650x42, 650x48, and 700x38 but all on the endurance casing. I plan to try the Extralight version next, but honestly the Endurance doesn't feel stiff nor heavy. Every one of

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Jason: Which RH knobbies, pray? I just scored a near-new, Normal Casing pair of 622X48 (will be at least 50 on my rims) Oracle Ridges for $100 shipped, and Fat Tire Cycles will set them up tubeless on the new Velocity Blunt SS wheelset for a dirt-biased wheelset for the dirt road Matthews. The

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I have both dynamo lights and good battery lights and each have their advantages. But IME, with quite a few hub, bottle, and bb dynamos, good hub dynamos -- mid-level Shimano upward -- don't cause noticeable drag; at least, I don't notice it, and one of my systems is a hi-po K-Lite system which I

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On Friday, March 22, 2024 at 9:21:01 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: Seconded on RH knobbies. I have them in 42mm and they're alarmingly nice on pavement whilst leaving some margin when I hit dirt and gravel spots (which is most pavement rides around here). I’m not quite as smitten with the RH

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On Friday, March 22, 2024 at 6:55:19 PM UTC-5 Max S wrote: A dyno hub puts out a nominal 3 Watts. If you ride it for an hour, that's 3 watt-hours worth of electricity. Let's say it gets split between the light and your phone. If you ride continuously for 10 hours, that's about 30 watt-hours.

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Seconded on RH knobbies. I have them in 42mm and they're alarmingly nice on pavement whilst leaving some margin when I hit dirt and gravel spots (which is most pavement rides around here). On Friday, March 22, 2024 at 5:32:13 PM UTC-7 Jason Fuller wrote: > ty I agree that charging devices via

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ty I agree that charging devices via dynamo hub is not worth the trouble, expense, and risk (of damaging your devices from the variable current) when battery bricks are very economical and super convenient. I can charge my phone about five times over with my little battery brick that cost $40 a

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I actually forgot all about that. I had read a large and very nerdy article on this recently. The reason why this hasn't taken off is because its not really practical or efficient to charge a phone with the dynamo. Most phones have software that throttle low level charges like what you would

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Let me be a bit of a contrarian on the lighting situation. Is a dyno hub + phone charger worth the hassle?.. I am not sure. A dyno hub puts out a nominal 3 Watts. If you ride it for an hour, that's 3 watt-hours worth of electricity. Let's say it gets split between the light and your phone. If

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Hi Leah - I have been riding 40mm tires on my custom and 44mm tires on my Quickbeam and have noticed no difference in performance - only in comfort. I would imagine 48mm tires would be no worse in performance and slightly more comfortable. Regarding the light and charging your phone - I have

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Hey, Ted… Curious—what do you mean by ‘West Coast’ Sam? Is that a bike you leave somewhere on the left coast? And if so…where? Bay area perchance? Best / John Dewey On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 8:51 AM Ted Durant wrote: > On Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 8:10:14 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >

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Unless you’re riding at night in off-road situations, and need a big round beam blasted in front of you, I would not recommend the Sinewave Beacon. They’ve made upgrades to the Beacon II, but I have no experience with the new version - just the original one.  Also, I wouldn’t recommend it for the

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On Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 8:10:14 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: Can 48 mm tires do a 15-17 mph road ride pace? Yes. I have Rene Herse 48mm tires on my Breadwinner G-Road, Gravel King (smooth) 48mm on West Coast Sam, and Ultradynamico 48mm tires on East Coast Sam, and 15-17mph

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Hmm... 1. Fenders – if you have enough clearance with 48s with the fenders on there now, no problem. If anything, 42 might increase the gap to the point of being less useful / aesthetically pleasing?.. Dunno. But mostly I was wondering which type of fenders you're using. If metal, consider

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Max,1. Yes. I try to live without them. I never can.2. I need a Randi Jo bag on the stem/bar. I was planning to put the front rack on because I have it and because it might be useful for travel. I’ll also have a rear rack that can take the Backabike Bags. This bike is kind of set up for multiple

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Leah, Coupla questions back to you... 1) is the travel set-up going to use fenders? 2) do you need the front bag, or could you get away with just a saddlebag, and/or bar bag strapped to the handlebars? - Max "simplicate, simplicate, simplicate" in A2 On Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 2:45:54 

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This sounds very interesting; sort of an updated version of the B Luxos U, with a higher power collection from the dynamo, brighter standard and highbeam lights (have LEDs improved that much in the last decade? I know that batteries have), and a MagSafe-type connecter for USB peripherals. The

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Yes, use the 48 tires you already have. A 42 would classify as a "marginal gain". What's overlooked in all this talk of weights and rolling resistance is the aerodymanic drag from the rider. Above 10 mph aero drag increases *dramatically, *whereas the rolling resistance of a tire rises only

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COLLIN. Thank you SO much. Problem solved, and this is what I’ll get!Sent from my iPhoneOn Mar 20, 2024, at 11:49 PM, Collin A wrote:SON is supposed to be releasing a light that has a charger and has a "high beam" function in "Spring 2024"Update: New version of the Edelux USB-FL – SON Hub

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SON is supposed to be releasing a light that has a charger and has a "high beam" function in "Spring 2024" Update: New version of the Edelux USB-FL – SON Hub Dynamos (nabendynamo.de) I'll be eager to try it out when it

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Hey Leah, Seconding Leif on the Basket comment. I used the Sim Works Obento Rack on my Atlantis and connected it at 3 points(fork crown, mid fork, and drop out) which gave me piece of mind when I had my Basket/Basket bag full of groceries or camping gear. I've swapped to a marks rack now

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Hey, Leah, I don’t think you’ll have to worry about keeping up or pace for that particular 2-day ride. It’s flat (no real hills) and mostly a laid-back ride at your own pace. That said, some folks will be riding quicker than others and you will find folks to ride with at any pace. Will you

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Depends on the tires too. An overbuilt robust 42 will feel slower than a fairly supple 48. So if you are comparing a 48 to a 42 rene Herse tire it might feel a bit slower. I like GK and I think they roll pretty smooth. I can't remember if they have different "toughness" levels. I think you will

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Those are really nice looking wheels and I, and I'm sure everyone, looks forward to seeing the final build. I was going to comment briefly about tires, though I've only got a handful of years on large volume tires on the road (before I was strictly a roadie, with 25mm's). I don't feel a big