Production Frames with Dynamo Wiring
07-08-19, 01:14 PM
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07-08-19, 01:20 PM
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Thanks! Not meaning to hijack, should've cleared this up before I posted since the OP already knew about 84 ProTours, I think. Only bike I ever bought that was pre-wired.
07-08-19, 01:20 PM
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Do you have the SN for this bike? the color combination is 1984, but the Downtube logo and Headbadge are both 1983. my guess is that it is a late 83 build for the 84 model year.
Use the previous years logos until they ran out! centurion did this alot
Use the previous years logos until they ran out! centurion did this alot
07-08-19, 01:24 PM
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07-08-19, 04:17 PM
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07-08-19, 05:41 PM
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I guess — correct me if I’m wrong — this wouldn’t matter for my purposes. I run my cables up from the hub to the fork, then under the fender forwards to a rack-mounted light, then back to the fork crown. From the fork crown to the bottom bracket I have to somehow attach the wire to the downtube (aesthetics forbids zip ties, so I normally pin the wire under the downtube shifter clamp, but sometimes it sags...). Once it’s at the bottom bracket, it goes inside the rear fender onto which I bolt my tail-lights. So, for me, as long as there is a hole under the head tube lug and one somewhere around the bottom bracket, it improves the looks of the whole thing a lot. Obviously the fork is still the sore spot...
07-10-19, 08:44 PM
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Thank you,
-William
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William,
That's not my bike, just a web photo for demonstration purposes and I misremembered the name as Expedition when it is actually Excursion. In fact, it appears that this one has had its lights, generator and controls removed. Here's a link to a thread with pix from @wahoonc of his bike that is complete, although sporting a bar change. You actually posted in that thread.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...e-6-rider.html
Pic of his bike, but what you really need is non-drive side photos, a novel request, to see how things connect. Perhaps he'll chime in and provide some more detailed photos of the light setup.
That's not my bike, just a web photo for demonstration purposes and I misremembered the name as Expedition when it is actually Excursion. In fact, it appears that this one has had its lights, generator and controls removed. Here's a link to a thread with pix from @wahoonc of his bike that is complete, although sporting a bar change. You actually posted in that thread.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...e-6-rider.html
Pic of his bike, but what you really need is non-drive side photos, a novel request, to see how things connect. Perhaps he'll chime in and provide some more detailed photos of the light setup.
07-23-19, 06:02 PM
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Believe it or not I are still around!
If you need a specific picture, please ask. I actually have two of these that are factory original except for the handlebars. And I still have the original flat bars.
Basics on the wiring; there is a bottom bracket mounted generator, the wiring runs through the frame, the fenders were part of the wiring system when the wiring exits the frame it "snapped" onto the fenders to lead to the "snaps" to the lights.
Aaron
If you need a specific picture, please ask. I actually have two of these that are factory original except for the handlebars. And I still have the original flat bars.
Basics on the wiring; there is a bottom bracket mounted generator, the wiring runs through the frame, the fenders were part of the wiring system when the wiring exits the frame it "snapped" onto the fenders to lead to the "snaps" to the lights.
Aaron
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ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
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