Re: What headlight do I need?

Pat wrote:

:
: In America, there are many people who aren't interested in a dynamo
: because they don't see them advertised, they don't see them in bike
: shops, and they've never used a good one.  If they remember any at all,
: they dimly remember cheap, high-drag units they used back in the 1960s.

I am one of those people because I remember those cheap units from my childhood. Tell me how the newer ones are better. What I mean is, how can they be measurably better, seeing that they operate on the same principle as the old clunky ones?

For comparison: A 2005 Toyota Camry operates on the same principle as a Ford Model T.

A 2005 Apple Powerbook operates on the same principle as a Commodore Vic-20.

.... and so on.

The new generators typically have much lower drag, last much, much longer, have better mounting hardware, don't use the frame as a ground, come with halogen bulbs (not vacuum), and have better headlamp optics.

- Frank Krygowski
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