Originally Posted by
unterhausen
The veological sidewall generators seem to work fine for randonneuring. Otherwise I don't think they are going to be the choice of anybody riding their bike on a 1200km grand randonnee
Yeah, my comment above in a previous post on those was:
There are some newer ones that instead of using the sidewall of a tire have a roller on the rim, they are called rim dynamos. Some owners like them. I have no such experience so I can't comment. I think the Velological was the first one that gained any foothold in that mkt. Those came out when rim brakes and machined rim braking surfaces were the norm, not sure how they work on rims that were designed for disc brakes, that would be something to research if the roller would wear the paint off the rim.
If you wanted to have a dynamo system and did not want to get a dynohub, I would check out a rim dynamo before considering a sidewall one.
I am not disagreeing with you, but I have not used one so I do not want to recommend it
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