Friday, September 05, 2008

Generators for Bikes

From a thread on r.b.m. comes this information about finding bike dynamo generators in the U.S. [thanks to Frank Krygowski, and Steve at http://bicyclelighting.com)

Bike dynamos or generators are a bit hard to find in the US, but not
impossible. Here are some American sources:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/dynamos.html
and http://www.yellowjersey.org/lolite.html

http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/dymotec.asp
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/shimano3n70.asp
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/schmidt.asp

I've ordered stuff from this British firm and been well satisfied.
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/category-DYNAMOS-880.htm
Shipping seemed as fast as from most American companies, and with a
valid credit card, location doesn't matter much.


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Hub Dynamos
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Joule, $65: "http://www.gaerlan.com/dahon/wheel.htm"
Shimano, $90 "http://harriscyclery.net/itemdetails.cfm?ID=1547" or
"http://www.yellowjersey.org/dynamos.html"
Schmidt SON, $275: "http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/schmidt-ordering.asp"

Tire
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Dymotec, $60, "http://harriscyclery.net/itemdetails.cfm?ID=1580"
Union,
"http://www.amazon.com/Union-Bicycle-Generator-Light-Set/dp/B000AO7E64"
or "http://store.bicyclerevolution.com/unbicliggens.html"

Also see "http://www.yellowjersey.org/lolite.html" for a 12V/6W dynamo
(all of the above are 6V/3W).

Also search on Amazon U.S. for "bicycle dynamo".

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