@ascentale @poorpossum @bikenite A7 Shutter Precision hubs are great until they fail (the bearings aren’t used serviceable) - bizarrely I also have an old bottle dynamo on one of my bikes which runs on the rim and is horribly noisy but works quite well and gets pedestrians out of the way LOL. Probably the Schmidt hubs are a good investment if you can afford it but I’ve never used one. Schmidt front lamps are good but so are b and m IQ (I have two iq-xs which is very good). The mu rear lamp from b and m is wonderful.

I’ve used dynamos for years including bottom bracket ones back in the day as well as some excellent battery lights.

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@wlukewindsor @ascentale @bikenite I have been *very* tempted by Velological's modern take on the bottle dynamo for a while now when I was trying to avoid getting into wheel-building. I think I was dissuaded by another all-season New England commuter who said it became unreliable in wet conditions. I do think it's a very pretty piece of kit, and it makes a lot of sense to me!

I've never heard of a bottom bracket dynamo before, though, that sounds wild!

https://www.velogical-engineering.com/dynamo/product-information/?lang=en

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@wlukewindsor @ascentale @bikenite I do want to emphasize this was anecdotal with a sample size of one, and I never vetted their install, so who knows... but being able to disengage the dynamo when not in use is a compelling rebuttal to the drag-weenies.

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