Dynamo Lights

Nifty! What are those clamps called?

They are the p-clamps for attaching Velo-Orange fender struts to the frame.

Sometimes called r clips

strong work. I might steal this idea for the future

I might steal this idea for the future

Please do

Finally found a way to mount a front light while there is only a eyelet on the back of the fork.

Bought a mount for an urban arrow cargo bike for €5 at a LBS and bent the mount a bit using a vice. Was easier than expected as the curvature was already close. I did add one knuckle to the mount in order to create some offset from the mud guard for the light.

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Nice work. Is the mudguard rolled further forward because of mounting onto the light bracket ahead of the fork crown? Or does it just have loads of coverage?

Looks great, super neat.

Any issues with the mount bouncing or flexing or is it nice and solid? Been trying to make something similar for a little while now

Where are people buying their front wheels from? Or just buying the parts and building themselves?

Spa?

Yes, Spa Cycles, and also via discussion with local wheel builders. Haven't been brave enough to acquire and lace up all the parts myself yet

@jackbepablo Yes, rolled it a bit forward as I did not wanted to drill additional holes in it. Only a couple of cm’s (about 3 to 4 cm) as the mount for the mud guard used to be hidden underneath the fork crown.
It still has sufficient coverage though, it was perhaps a bit too low before this modification.

@WhitleyJay Thanks! So far so good on tarmac. Haven’t ridden on gravel yet.

Spa built my dynamo wheel. Couldn't even buy the parts cheaper to be totally honest let alone a full wheel

Any experience of k-lite lights and chargers? Going to be doing some overnight rides (as well as early mornings/late nights when it's dark) and heard good things

No experience, but I quite like the look.

Looking into Forumslader V6 right now, it has 3 inbuilt 18650 cells, seems to be quite efficient, and can output 12v so you can use a fuck off ebike lamp.
Especially the inbuilt Akku sounds good as through charge power banks are not easy to find.
Last price I can see is 255€ which leaves quite some money for a lamp compared to klite and the other nice one with inbuilt charger.
But then the homepage is confusing, and I read German quite well.

Lots of light! Not suitable for road cycling though as it is basically a flood light and does not create a nice beam on the road.

I once had a car that was signaling with his headlights while using the k-lite light. I assume that I was blinding him, normally it is the other way around. I have the off road version.

I was thinking of the race version which has a tighter beam pattern as on the odd occasion I ride offroad in the dark, I ride with a "normal" light plus a light on my helmet to see where I'm looking and haven't had issues.

Only a bit tighter beam as the only difference is two spot lights and a single flood light (road) vs two flood lights and a single spot light for the off-road version.

I reckon they are great, have both the mtb and road versions

Do people here think an iq-x is worth the extra money over an iq-xs? I'm finding it hard to decide

Waterproofness and those extra lumens are worth it IMO

Got a Supernova E3 Pro 2 + taillight (and some mounts) and a sinewave I'm going to look to shift if anyone is in the market for them.

How much for the sinewave?

Not worth twice the price, you only get a few more lumens.

How and where are you riding?
I've got the iq-xs and some less powerfull axas. In the city I've never needed more than 30 lux and I've found the iq-xs to be good without street lights and around 25-30 km/hour

What tail light are you looking to sell?