http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: hub dynamo - Recent Topics en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:08:21 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14750#post-187292 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:35:13 +0000 unhurt 187292@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm hoping to fit a hub dynamo to my new touring bike for a wee trip across Canada this summer. Plan is to charge a battery pack and use this to charge phone/7" tablet etc. to reduce the amount of time I would otherwise spend searching for plug sockets/outlets. </p> <p>I have been meaning to do a bit of research on available models for ages now, but just realised I haven't - and I leave on June 21st. Erk. Does anyone have any experience, recommendations or potential pitfalls to share? My ignorance is such I currently have no idea if disc brakes will complicate matters. And do I need to buy a specific battery pack, or will the USB-chargable powerpack I currently own for travelling do the job? </p> <p>If relevant/interested, new bike will be a Surly Disc Trucker.(I am rather excited about its impending arrival. I hope we are compatible!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15613#post-202038 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 23:00:30 +0000 unhurt 202038@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Right, so: after consulting the wise ones of this forum re: hub dynamos etc. back in the spring I got myself all set up and then bought a USB-Werk on Amazon for the big cycle trip across Canada. </p> <p>This worked perfectly for the the first 2.5 weeks of the trip - and I was very happy to not to have to skulk about looking for power outlets when I would much rather be eating all the donuts in Canada or sitting in the sun - but at this point it began to intermittently stop charging devices attached to it. I thought perhaps a connection was loose, or there was a problem with the contacts, and took it off the bike then reattached it. It worked again for a couple of days, then stopped working again. I took it off the bike &amp; reattached it again. And did that again. And then yet again. Then, hurrah!, it began to work once more. Or so I thought. </p> <p>Unfortunately its next trick was to comprehensively fry the battery in my new phone, leaving me without communication or detailed navigation somewhere near the Alberta/Saskatchewan border. Hoping this was a one-off event I then tried charging my rear light. Which it also fried. After this I applied some common sense and stopped using it. I eventually had to buy a crappy 2nd hand phone handset at the exortionate cost of $250 from the only open phone repair shop in Moose Jaw (which had exactly one 2nd hand handset to sell so at least the choice was simple...), and also ended up buying an alternative charger* thingy to use with my hub dynamo from t'internet, shipped ahead to a hotel in Winnipeg.</p> <p>Pretty cheesed off, I stuck the USB-Werk in the bottom of a pannier, then shipped it home ahead of me. So, now I'm back, I emailed Busch &amp; Müller to ask how I should go ahead returning it - at the very least for fixing/replacing, though preferably for a refund given I now have another gadget to do the same job. But they've just told me to contact Amazon. But I can't see any way to return an item that's past the 30 day window after purchase. </p> <p>Help? Is there somewhere I'm missing on Amazon that will let me say "returning this in irritation because it stopped working while still new"? Or should I write a more strongly worded email to B&amp;M? Anyone else know if this is a known issue (the frying-of-electronics) with the USB-Werk? (Instructions said it was fine to charge stuff directly through the USB adaptor. Frying took place at average speeds in dry conditions.) </p> <p>*ended up with a tiny matchbox-sized Sinewave Revolution. I wish I'd gone with that in the first place - think I was put off by international shipping. But it has worked perfectly and the chap I emailed back &amp; forth with re: shipping times etc. was super helpful. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9898#post-107271 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:06:37 +0000 cc 107271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's time to change the winter tyres on my Paper Bicycle back to summer tyres. However since the bike has hub gears, hub dynamo, hub brakes, basically hub everything, I don't want to tackle it myself. Can anyone suggest a place which could do it for me?</p> <p>The obvious first try was The Bicycle Works in Argyle Place. They could probably do it next week but I'd have to leave the bike with them for several days, I was told today when I called in. That's a bit of a blow as I'd hope to be getting to and from my work on the bike during those days! So I'm looking for a shop or mechanic who can cope OK with a "hub everything" bike and doesn't need to keep it for several days. Any suggestions? </p>