Dynamo Lights

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Shimano DH-UR705-3D

@amey
@PhilDAS
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Anyone have the SON Coaxial Adapter and can tell me which wire to solder to the male connector? From my IQ-X there's two wires, one '+' and one 'ground'.

Sorry can’t help you there! But fuck can soldering be stressful! I spent several hours last night fitting a set of supernova connectors into the wire of my sine wave beacon so fiddly to get all the wire strands into the tiny solder cups!

Do you mean the inner part of the plug as opposed to the other? I would go + inner, ground outer. Entirely from instinct though. Could you tape them together temporarily just to check?

Since its an AC output, it won't make any difference, surely?

Beware that the SP9 has long OLN-to-shell spacers and a narrow hub shell, so wheel flex could be an issue with that hub (IME ... with too few spokes for my bulk and a crabon rim). I have not used the SP8. Lots of poeple love em.

If I wanted want cheap, I'd buy a midrange shimano. If you a fancy schmancy, buy SON.

See now I was having a convo with my 15 yr old this morning about how Dynamos work, general chat about transformers, AC and DC, that sort of thing, and I realised I KNOW NOTHING OF ELECTRICS.

Since its an AC output, it won't make any difference, surely?

... and this would explain why the socket doesn't come with any instructions.

I was just going to buy one of the Halo pre-builts because on trade they're only like £80 and building a wheel would probably be the same.

what shimano one would you recommend?

The downside to Halo factory built wheels is they insist on aluminium nipples for some reason. I’ve broken 5 in my rear wheel (live by the sea though)

I’ve got one of those halo wheels, been fine so far, shit spokes I think but will just rebuild it with better spokes if needed in future.

I had a set of the standard white line wheels and they were sturdy af so i'm pretty confident in their wheels even if they do weigh about 2 tonnes.

I'm just so bored of faffing with lights as i leave home in the dark and leave work in the dark.

Try it. My carbon rim + too few spokes is a very different scenario.

Would an SP be significantly better than this shimano dyno?

This is for a commuter, I dont care about weight or resistance. Just dont want to buy cheap buy twice

No, get shimano, there are even cheaper ones, look on bike24

Just realised thats not even disc ffs. I need silver, 32H and 6bolt/CL. Somebody sell me something so I dont have to order from abroad ?

Anyone tried the b&m iq-xs ?

The switch/button that comes with the IQ2 that has USB on, can it be bought separately?

no idea but if you find out let me know, I tore mine off whilst trying to get into a fight with an IABD driver.

Would an SP be significantly better than this shimano dyno?

Shimano are just amazing. I submerged mine in a ‘ford’ about 4 years back, hub was easily 5 years old then, fell off the bike, had to drag it out of the pond, took ages, still works and runs smooth.

It’s excellent. Get it.

Use it for club pace night riding regularly and it’s great. There are brighter lights, but they cost twice as much.

There's one on my partner's bike. I'd say the beam pattern isn't as good as the higher-end b&m lights, like the Luxus, or my Supernova - it's a bit boxy with very little illumination close up. Decent for the money I guess. The fact that the mounting angle is indexed is more annoying though, unless it happens to be at the right angle for your bike

Also the standlight is absolutely pants, but I think that's true of many lights