Dynamo Lights

Ah, will do.

It's getting darker earlier, still keen for a LDN version of this - https://theradavist.com/2020/01/the-readers-write-the-new-york-pizza-and-dynamo-society/

I’d be well up for a ride to Beigel Bake

Oh yes

Same here, after 3rd oct

Start it!

E3 triple 2 is not a good idea if you are riding on a cycle path with other riders coming in front. A colleague ends-up changing the light after being insulted by approximately every other cyclist coming the other direction.

Son28 has a bit more drag:

I'm about to list my E3 triple and matching tail light for sale. @GoatandTricycle I see you were looking for them?

Edit: now listed here.
@GoatandTricycle I'll give you first dibs if you're still keen but no worries if not.

Has anyone done / got any neat ideas for wiring a rear dynamo light really neatly across a top tube? is there a thing? where can I find / buy the thing? must be a problem solver product for frames without cable stops...

I think i recall someone saying they used some kind of di2 wire stopper thing to run cables down the fork and or the TT. CBA w/ going through everypage of this thread to find it though.

Thanks in advance

You’ve seen this already but I think it’s pretty neat.

I’ve just discovered a hole in the head tube lug which I can only assume is for internal dynamo routing so I’ll be doing that instead at some point!

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It is good but I thinking of no ties around the tubes and just have a sticky little cable runner thing hiding on the underside of the tubes

Have seen sticky back thin trunking for di2 wire before. No idea where it is I saw it, but literally just clean the frame and stick it on, then snug wire inside it.

Pretty sure it's this stuff

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-ultegra-6770-di2-cable-cover-sheath-for-sd50

This is good but it doesn’t stick at all well

Worked fine for me on 2 bikes m8

How is a stick on cable guide good if it doesnt stick well?

Me too. Just need to make sure the surface is clean and the cable is skinny enough to not distort the channel.

cable is skinny enough to not distort the channel.

This is key. I found the supernova rear-light wire too thick for the di2 sheaths. Ended up cutting it lengthwise so it is more of a slot that the wire can tuck into then a couple small pieces of electrical tape over the sheath at the ends to hold it in place.

Been offered a Edelux i for £50, would this be good value or should I go with the IQ-x I can get from bike 24 for around the £70 mark. I know the Edelux I is quite a few years old now so was wondering if it’s still up to scratch for a range of cycling in the dark!

Nah. Even Edelux 2 looks a bit weedy compared to modern B&M or better. Go IQ-X.

I’ll hold off then! I had already sided with B&M but the shiny expensive Edelux was trying to tempt me.

@cake yes I had a great exp using it once or twice, then the same exp as @sbbohr later when I bought a job lot of these strips cheap, the glue had hardened and didn’t work any more. So you’re both right.

Those things are ok @Thrasher, or you can just get some of that air-hardening putty stuff … errr … thingummyjig … somebody with a young brain can remind us all what it’s called. Just use cableties temporarily at either end of the section you want taught and flat, apply the gunk and mould into a neat little blob, wait 24hrs, then cut the cableties off.

Hasn't the Edelux 2 been stealth upgraded over the years? IIRC the reflector's the same, but the LED has been given higher output.

(The Edelux 2 is shiny and looks better than the IQ-X, which is obviously a 100% cast-iron reason to prefer it...)

Edelux 2 been stealth upgraded over the years

only from EDE1 to EDE2 ..

I thought the ED2 innards were Cyo Premium, which have gone from 60 to 80 lux over the years?

(Either way, both ED2 and IQ-X are great lights, suitable for everything other than the fastest twisty descents)