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oh right, cheers skully! makes sense, i just couldn't see much info about it on the b&m page.
i don't suuuuper need removable if i fit them securely to the bike, but it'll be both my commuter and cx bike when i'm not touring on it so i worry about mashing them up/them getting nicked if the bike's locked up outside work, especially as the iq2 looks pretty chunky. am i overthinking this?
ioreka-
Yep, definitely over thinking, Dynamos and their lights are fit and forget, mostly because of the faff of unwinding the cable from Dynamo to light.
There was a handlebar mount for my supernova, which is useful if I wanted to remove it, but the cable would be the major issue, even more so if you've got a rear attached as well.. -
The B&M front lights come with tails that you connect the rear light to - they're designed to be used with a rear light and you lose part of the joy of a dynamo setup if you don't have one. They use little spade connectors and the procide a section of heatshrink too to cover it (not needed but good practice).
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Am i overthinking this?
Yes, as cornelius said, literally fit and forget.
Just add those security QR to it and you're game.
cornelius_blackfoot
hamrack
edscoble
very very yes. Most front lights & rear light combos are 3v, which is exactly what these dynamos generate. The front lights generally have 'rectifiers' in which stop you overloading them if you don't use a rear light. So using a rear light too is sort of the whole point.
dunno. Anyone? Do you think you really need removable lights? B&M front lights have semi-secure 'torx' bolts holding them together and holding the light onto the bracket, I reckon most thieves don't carry these. So with something similar fixing the bracket onto the fork/wherever, it seems unlikely that you'd worry about them being removed. Too fiddly.