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Jesse took two days more than Mike and was stuck sleeping in shops and stuff due to hurricane warnings.
The Sinewave is just to charge USB devices - he still would've been able to power his lights off the dynamo and since he was using an etrex GPS - he could just buy AA batteries to power it so I wouldn't say he did most of it without a dynamo.
As for Josh, he said: "Last year I ran a dynamo hub and I probably would have done the same this year, but I didn’t order one in time."
My approach will likely be a version of:
dynamo -> lights
--------> USB battery -> GPS, phone, Di2"compact wall charger" ? Like a folding power plug sort of thing?
hippy-
Yes obviously both reckon that dynamo is the way to go, but I was answering the question about batteries usage.. "not practical, but could be done if something happens"
"compact wall charger" ? Like a folding power plug sort of thing?
Was thinking of something like this one https://vine.co/v/ea3rZ0bDjI1 but euro or usa compatible.
bertocq
Definitely not practical, but could be done... remember this year TransAm #1 Jesse Carlssons did most of it without the dynamo: 'Sinewave Reactor died in the heat earlier on'. Also this year TCR #1 Josh Ibbett didn't use a dynamo ...
I think the best approach is dynamo hub + usb charger (sinewave revolution) + small battery pack as backup + compact wall charger (if usb-charger or dynamo is in that rare percentage of material failure). I'll try this soon.