Wheel with dynamo hub for road bike

[steveindenmark]

Where can I find a wheel with a dynamo hub for a road bike. I know I can get one made up but was wondering if you can buy them off the shelf.

 

[subaqua]

Rose bikes

Bike discount.de

 

[rualexander]

Taylor Wheels https://www.taylor-wheels.com/bike-wheels/28-inch-bike-wheel/
They also sell on ebay.

 

[Venod]

http://www.spacycles.co.uk/m2b0s170p0/Parts-and-Accessories/Lights-Dynamo-Lighting-Handbuilt-Wheels

 

[Venod]

These are ones being built up though. I suspect the answer to be that there isn't a genuine off the shelf one

Yes I wasn't much help there was I

 

[steveindenmark]

Thanks guys :O)

 

[Dogtrousers]

Check out spa cycles too. They do loads of dynamo stuff. (all handbuilt wheels I think)

 

[raleighnut]

These are ones being built up though. I suspect the answer to be that there isn't a genuine off the shelf one.

That's the best joke I've heard in a long time.

 

[steveindenmark]

That's the best joke I've heard in a long time.

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[raleighnut]

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It was the term "genuine, off the shelf" that got me laughing, a 'handbuilt' wheel laced by a competent wheelbuilder will outlast anything machine made.

Well, I don't know about that. If a person wants a dynohub wheel, then the distinction between being made in a factory or in a bike shops workshop seems to matter little.

and Adrian seemed to 'backpedal' a bit in his next post.

 

[steveindenmark]

Which is why I was puzzled as to why anyone would specifically want factory made.

I have not put a dyno hub on a road bike before. Looking at Spa cycles a good one costs £200+. An off the peg one costs about £50. Is the Spa cycles wheel going to last 4 times longer than an off the peg wheel. Is it going to be 4 times better?

I need to know all the information to be able to make the correct decision. Which is why I asked.

 

[raleighnut]

Which is why I was puzzled as to why anyone would specifically want factory made.

Ah sorry, stick wrong end of got, apologies.

 

[raleighnut]

Where is the off the peg one? I have never seen an off the peg dynohub wheel, which is why I took to building my own.

I assume he is referring to something like this

http://www.google.co.uk/aclk?sa=L&a...ahUKEwi97e6TlpvOAhWsK8AKHeNpD9wQwg8IJA&adurl=

 

[srw]

I have not put a dyno hub on a road bike before. Looking at Spa cycles a good one costs £200+. An off the peg one costs about £50. Is the Spa cycles wheel going to last 4 times longer than an off the peg wheel. Is it going to be 4 times better?

I need to know all the information to be able to make the correct decision. Which is why I asked.

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/wheelsw...b-dynamo-inc-fittings-shimano-qfwhubdynshmno/

Probably the cheapest dynohub wheel you can get, at about £85, but not much use for a road bike.

Most dynohubs cost considerably more than most conventional hubs.

 

[Nebulous]

I bought a Shimano hub dynamo years ago, with the intention of building a set of touring wheels. I got as far as realising I couldn't work out the length of spokes I needed and gave up. There would now be the complication of whether / how to deal with discs if I was to revive the project.

What would be a ballpark figure for getting someone else to do it if I provided the dynamo? Without discs for simplicity- 36 spoke. Shimano LX dynamo.