Bad Machine
In the garage .....
- Location
- East Anglia
For some time I've thought it'd be good to have dynamo-powered lights on both trikes. Yesterday I completed the first of several wheel-builds that've been in the planning. And I'm a little disappointed; not with the end result of day one - no, the built-up wheel looks fine - but with how long it has taken to start. According to the postmark on the box the dynohub was packaged in, it has been on my "to-do" list at least since September 2016.
New (old-stock, IIRC) Schmidt K165 16-20", 184mm standard 14g spokes from JE James cycles, and a cleaned-up and polished 406-21c Mach 1 rim from a donor wheel. Calculations from ProWheelBuilder.com and Edd, with repeated measurement of various dimensions to make sure I ordered the correct length spokes. On-line video/tutorial for a 3-cross lacing from AtomicZombie.
So, late on Boxing Day 2018, I connected up the Spanninga Ellips rear,and the B&M LED Supravision front light, et voila !
Just some tidying-up to do with the connections, then I can swap it in to the front forks of the delta. I might wire in a three way switch - Lights/OFF/Spare (should I want to try powering the Garmin in future, via some AC to USB converter).
New (old-stock, IIRC) Schmidt K165 16-20", 184mm standard 14g spokes from JE James cycles, and a cleaned-up and polished 406-21c Mach 1 rim from a donor wheel. Calculations from ProWheelBuilder.com and Edd, with repeated measurement of various dimensions to make sure I ordered the correct length spokes. On-line video/tutorial for a 3-cross lacing from AtomicZombie.
So, late on Boxing Day 2018, I connected up the Spanninga Ellips rear,and the B&M LED Supravision front light, et voila !
Just some tidying-up to do with the connections, then I can swap it in to the front forks of the delta. I might wire in a three way switch - Lights/OFF/Spare (should I want to try powering the Garmin in future, via some AC to USB converter).