0.6w tail light for dynamo set, where to buy? - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

03-05-2005, 09:39 AM

I have a LED light on the bike and a dynamo set up front, but I wanted to
add a little generator driven light to the left seat stay. You can get one
easily enough in Europe, but I'm in the states. Any ideas?

It's for the standard Basta dynamo, btw:
http://photos5.flickr.com/5937872_033e4e7eea_o.jpg

I know battery lights are good and all, but I just like the idea of
another human powered light. I like the sound of the dynamo--it's
nostalgic. Only gets used for short trips, so never gets annoying. :P

03-05-2005, 11:12 AM

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:39:08 GMT, maxo <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in
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>I have a LED light on the bike and a dynamo set up front, but I wanted to
>add a little generator driven light to the left seat stay. You can get one
>easily enough in Europe, but I'm in the states. Any ideas?

I recommend you get an LED one rather than 0.6W incandescent. They
are brighter per unit power. I don't know of one for the seatstay,
the one I use on most of my bikes is the Busch & Muller 4D Toplight,
dynamo powered with battery backup. I'm guessing that most of the
European online resellers (e.g. wiggle.co.uk) will ship to the USA<
and there is always Harris Cyclery, who seem to have most things.

Guy
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03-05-2005, 11:12 AM

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:39:08 GMT, maxo <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in
message <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>:

>I have a LED light on the bike and a dynamo set up front, but I wanted to
>add a little generator driven light to the left seat stay. You can get one
>easily enough in Europe, but I'm in the states. Any ideas?

I recommend you get an LED one rather than 0.6W incandescent. They
are brighter per unit power. I don't know of one for the seatstay,
the one I use on most of my bikes is the Busch & Muller 4D Toplight,
dynamo powered with battery backup. I'm guessing that most of the
European online resellers (e.g. wiggle.co.uk) will ship to the USA<
and there is always Harris Cyclery, who seem to have most things.

Guy
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03-05-2005, 11:42 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
maxo <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> I have a LED light on the bike and a dynamo set up front, but I wanted to
> add a little generator driven light to the left seat stay. You can get one
> easily enough in Europe, but I'm in the states. Any ideas?
>
> It's for the standard Basta dynamo, btw:
> http://photos5.flickr.com/5937872_033e4e7eea_o.jpg
>
> I know battery lights are good and all, but I just like the idea of
> another human powered light. I like the sound of the dynamo--it's
> nostalgic. Only gets used for short trips, so never gets annoying. :P

I believe Peter White Cycles has some offerings:
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There's one (Schmidt?) unit in there that can be powered
either by generator or by dry cells.

Another, cheaper option might be to look at some of those
'toy' generator light sets at such sources as Wal*Mart.
Look for a set that comes with a taillight (I think most
of them do.)

The community-oriented bike shop down the street from me
has a box full of old used ones; customers can root through
the box, pick the one or two they like, and would probably
pay around $2 for each.

The Tung Lin[tm] bottle generator setup I recently got came
with a taillight with the chainstay clamp, but I mounted it
on my rear fender instead, where it's somewhat higher up than
on the chainstay, and it doesn't have my rear rack strut
partially obscuring it.

cheers,
Tom

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03-05-2005, 11:42 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
maxo <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> I have a LED light on the bike and a dynamo set up front, but I wanted to
> add a little generator driven light to the left seat stay. You can get one
> easily enough in Europe, but I'm in the states. Any ideas?
>
> It's for the standard Basta dynamo, btw:
> http://photos5.flickr.com/5937872_033e4e7eea_o.jpg
>
> I know battery lights are good and all, but I just like the idea of
> another human powered light. I like the sound of the dynamo--it's
> nostalgic. Only gets used for short trips, so never gets annoying. :P

I believe Peter White Cycles has some offerings:
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

There's one (Schmidt?) unit in there that can be powered
either by generator or by dry cells.

Another, cheaper option might be to look at some of those
'toy' generator light sets at such sources as Wal*Mart.
Look for a set that comes with a taillight (I think most
of them do.)

The community-oriented bike shop down the street from me
has a box full of old used ones; customers can root through
the box, pick the one or two they like, and would probably
pay around $2 for each.

The Tung Lin[tm] bottle generator setup I recently got came
with a taillight with the chainstay clamp, but I mounted it
on my rear fender instead, where it's somewhat higher up than
on the chainstay, and it doesn't have my rear rack strut
partially obscuring it.

cheers,
Tom

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03-05-2005, 12:34 PM

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:42:08 -0800, Tom Keats wrote:

> The community-oriented bike shop down the street from me
> has a box full of old used ones; customers can root through
> the box, pick the one or two they like, and would probably
> pay around $2 for each.

Yeah, if I was in Chicago, I'd head up to Urban Bikes on North Sheridan
and grab an old bullet light.

I've found the standard Union tail light online for a tenner, that might
be the ticket--though I was hoping for something pointier.

03-05-2005, 12:34 PM

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:42:08 -0800, Tom Keats wrote:

> The community-oriented bike shop down the street from me
> has a box full of old used ones; customers can root through
> the box, pick the one or two they like, and would probably
> pay around $2 for each.

Yeah, if I was in Chicago, I'd head up to Urban Bikes on North Sheridan
and grab an old bullet light.

I've found the standard Union tail light online for a tenner, that might
be the ticket--though I was hoping for something pointier.

03-05-2005, 12:38 PM

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 19:12:50 +0000, Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:

> I recommend you get an LED one rather than 0.6W incandescent.

I've already got a two led unit back there, just wanted a second light for
kicks really. I thought there might be somebody supplying the vintage bike
rebuilders or something.

This bike's night riding basically consists of a six block beer run with
no traffic so high zoot lighting's not necessary. LOL

The fancy dynamo with led stand light, etc sure are nifty though.

I'm
still thinking of getting a Novara Fusion and it comes with such a setup.

03-05-2005, 12:38 PM

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 19:12:50 +0000, Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:

> I recommend you get an LED one rather than 0.6W incandescent.

I've already got a two led unit back there, just wanted a second light for
kicks really. I thought there might be somebody supplying the vintage bike
rebuilders or something.

This bike's night riding basically consists of a six block beer run with
no traffic so high zoot lighting's not necessary. LOL

The fancy dynamo with led stand light, etc sure are nifty though.

I'm
still thinking of getting a Novara Fusion and it comes with such a setup.

03-05-2005, 02:21 PM

In article <pan.2005.03.06.20.32.42.966438@nospamhome.se>,
maxo <maxo@NOSPAMhome.se> writes:
> On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 11:42:08 -0800, Tom Keats wrote:
>
>> The community-oriented bike shop down the street from me
>> has a box full of old used ones; customers can root through
>> the box, pick the one or two they like, and would probably
>> pay around $2 for each.
>
> Yeah, if I was in Chicago, I'd head up to Urban Bikes on North Sheridan
> and grab an old bullet light.
>
> I've found the standard Union tail light online for a tenner, that might
> be the ticket--though I was hoping for something pointier.

The cheap sets I've seen come with those pointy things.

Heh. I was just remembering when some cars had blue taillights.

Anyhow, I think I saw that LED thing Guy was talking about, in
the Peter White site.

In my previous post when I said 'chainstay' I meant 'seatstay'.

I rather like having the taillight on the fender.

cheers,
Tom

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