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We still see this dynamo rig in the workshop from time to time. Surprisingly they often work really well. It's satisfying to bring an old bike and its original components back to life.
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Revolutionised night riding up the woods for us when we were kids. We couldn't afford the D cells battery for ordinary lights and if we did they only lasted about 20 minutes. With the dynamo we could ride teh trails at night and almost see where we were going!Buckaroo wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 11:45 am We still see this dynamo rig in the workshop from time to time. Surprisingly they often work really well. It's satisfying to bring an old bike and its original components back to life.

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We had a new bike in last week for a general service and checkout. It had a hub mounted dynamo that run both lights at full tilt whilst the wheel barely turned. It also had a small capacity storage system that kept the lights on for a fair amount of time when you were stationary.Taipan wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 2:27 pmRevolutionised night riding up the woods for us when we were kids. We couldn't afford the D cells battery for ordinary lights and if we did they only lasted about 20 minutes. With the dynamo we could ride teh trails at night and almost see where we were going!Buckaroo wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 11:45 am We still see this dynamo rig in the workshop from time to time. Surprisingly they often work really well. It's satisfying to bring an old bike and its original components back to life.![]()
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What about when you stopped.Taipan wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 2:27 pmRevolutionised night riding up the woods for us when we were kids. We couldn't afford the D cells battery for ordinary lights and if we did they only lasted about 20 minutes. With the dynamo we could ride teh trails at night and almost see where we were going!Buckaroo wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 11:45 am We still see this dynamo rig in the workshop from time to time. Surprisingly they often work really well. It's satisfying to bring an old bike and its original components back to life.![]()
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The woods murderers would get you, so no one in their righty mind stopped!Dodgy69 wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:49 pmWhat about when you stopped.Taipan wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 2:27 pmRevolutionised night riding up the woods for us when we were kids. We couldn't afford the D cells battery for ordinary lights and if we did they only lasted about 20 minutes. With the dynamo we could ride teh trails at night and almost see where we were going!Buckaroo wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 11:45 am We still see this dynamo rig in the workshop from time to time. Surprisingly they often work really well. It's satisfying to bring an old bike and its original components back to life.![]()
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You should listen to Into the Woods by Hawkwind. Great, trippy, album. One of my favourites.Taipan wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 7:28 pmThe woods murderers would get you, so no one in their righty mind stopped!Dodgy69 wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:49 pmWhat about when you stopped.Taipan wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 2:27 pm
Revolutionised night riding up the woods for us when we were kids. We couldn't afford the D cells battery for ordinary lights and if we did they only lasted about 20 minutes. With the dynamo we could ride teh trails at night and almost see where we were going!![]()
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Always disappointing to see that on a brass band.
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
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Just needs a large wicker man on the horizon.
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Horse [no relation] in a tree
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Saga Lout wrote: Tue Jul 15, 2025 12:08 am Pareidolia: where the brain perceives familiar patterns, particularly faces, in random stimuli like clouds or inanimate objects
Like my toilet floor. I could sit and watch the lino for hours and see things different every time.
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And, at the main trunk, to the right of that face, the chin/lips/cheek.
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Batman?Horse wrote: Tue Jul 15, 2025 8:39 am And, at the main trunk, to the right of that face, the chin/lips/cheek.


