Front wheel Dynamo Hubs are the modern way to go.
Lights - the commuting version
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Front wheel Dynamo Hubs are the modern way to go.
Very much this, Shimano hubs are good quality and reliable but more expensive hubs are available with higher power outputs and lighter weight (mostly useful for on - the - go USB charging).
ren531
Veteran
- Location
- Lancaster uk
Another dynohub user here, been using it for about three years and it is just fit and forget, great lights no issues.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Dynamo is the way to go. My oldest setup is 12 years and going strong.
Tail End Charlie
Well, write it down boy ......
- Location
- In green and pleasant hills.
Another vote for a front hub dynamo, although I do use battery LEDs on the rear.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Little thread resurrection - nearly that time of year.
Roll on three years (wow that long) and I'm still using the NewBoller light with the beam cut off - really good on shared paths - essential on my route TBH as it's heavily used by pedestrians and cyclists.
I've just invested in a new Magicshine HORI 1300 (they do a 900 as well) which consists of a main 'dipped' LED and a 'Spot' for dark areas. Chucked in is a remote, so it's one press to access the spot beam. The dipped beam has a really good cut off with no light spill. The LED 'bulb' is actually a rectangle, so you get a wide spread, and spill onto the road below the bike
Biggest plus point it it uses Garmin style mounts and the go-pro connections using the supplied out front mount.
Magicshine did do another light, the Evo1300 for commuting, but there are many reports of broken mounts, this new light uses replaceable garmin brackets.
https://magicshineuk.com/product/hori-1300/
Roll on three years (wow that long) and I'm still using the NewBoller light with the beam cut off - really good on shared paths - essential on my route TBH as it's heavily used by pedestrians and cyclists.
I've just invested in a new Magicshine HORI 1300 (they do a 900 as well) which consists of a main 'dipped' LED and a 'Spot' for dark areas. Chucked in is a remote, so it's one press to access the spot beam. The dipped beam has a really good cut off with no light spill. The LED 'bulb' is actually a rectangle, so you get a wide spread, and spill onto the road below the bike
Biggest plus point it it uses Garmin style mounts and the go-pro connections using the supplied out front mount.
Magicshine did do another light, the Evo1300 for commuting, but there are many reports of broken mounts, this new light uses replaceable garmin brackets.
https://magicshineuk.com/product/hori-1300/
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Up at just after 4 am today as heard cats fighting and needed to pee. Properly dark again so the full beam lights are going to be back on the bike
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