http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: dynamo SON audax - Recent Topics en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:00:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17328#post-240487 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 23:35:08 +0000 Greenroofer 240487@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My bike for going on adventures is a <a href="http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/reviews/road-bikes/btwin-triban-540">B'Twin Triban 540</a>, with which I am very happy. It currently has 20-spoke 622x17 Mavic Aksium wheels.</p> <p>My plans for 2017 include extending beyond my current 200km record, so I'm contemplating new wheels with (a) a dynamo and (b)more spokes for strength and reliability.</p> <p>So, the bad advice I'm after is:<br /> 1) What brand of dynamo is good for 300km+ 'audax' type events? Does it have to be SON, or will Shimano do?<br /> 2) What rims should I get. Some advice seems to be 'Mavic Open Pro' but other advice is that they are old hat now.</p> <p>Go on you siren voices of long distance cycling, tempt me into new feats of endurance with your whispered words of bad advice... </p>