She cost about EUR 400 as she was a discontinued model - regular price would have been closer to 600 I think. And she's quite a bit lighter than the same style steel bike, although by no means a lightweight.
As for dynamo lights, I grew up with them, so they're kind of an integral part of a bike to me - though I really appreciate the fact that these days, the dynamo's in-built in the hub and not this eternally rusty little cylindrical thing that you had to hit a little mechanical switch on to make it rub against the front tyre and take its energy from that... didn't like those so much.
The rear light is actually designed to stay on for up to 2 minutes after the bike stops; becaus it's red LEDs and they take hardly any energy, it can do that. The headlight is a traditional bulb and goes out when I stop, so that at that point I'm only covered in the direction I'm not looking in, which is okay.
Beats having to change/recharge batteries every couple of days anyway... at least for forgetful people like me! :)
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Date: 2010-05-06 08:00 pm (UTC)As for dynamo lights, I grew up with them, so they're kind of an integral part of a bike to me - though I really appreciate the fact that these days, the dynamo's in-built in the hub and not this eternally rusty little cylindrical thing that you had to hit a little mechanical switch on to make it rub against the front tyre and take its energy from that... didn't like those so much.
The rear light is actually designed to stay on for up to 2 minutes after the bike stops; becaus it's red LEDs and they take hardly any energy, it can do that. The headlight is a traditional bulb and goes out when I stop, so that at that point I'm only covered in the direction I'm not looking in, which is okay.
Beats having to change/recharge batteries every couple of days anyway... at least for forgetful people like me! :)