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Basic advice from me; dynamo is great because it's always there. No need to consider charging or forgetting to put lights on and for the short period I owned some, I didn't personally notice a lot, if really any, extra resistance but didn't have another Brompton to do a side by side comparison. I used a dynamo on a second hand Brompton I purchased, so can't comment on cost unfortunately. The main con I found is that they're a considerable amount dimmer than rechargeable lights available. I currently have the Brompton 500 lumen (rechargeable) front light (made by CatEye I think) and it's super bright with great range. I use my bike 4 - 5 days a week and on full power mode I find myself charging it a lot through, say every 4 days, which can get annoying. Obviously blinking setting would be much longer but I'm not really a fan of using that myself. Guess it depends on your commute route and length. If my route was short but no that well lit, I'd probably go for the rechargeable option, if it was the other way around I'd probably go with the dynamo. Just my take.
I cycle for around 45 minutes to 1 hour each day for reference.
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I’m sorry if this has been asked a lot, but getting a dynamo wheel / light combination… I’d love to hear people’s thoughts on the pros and cons ( also the costs in your experience) … sorry I just couldn’t find a thread about it