Why do people hate generator lights so much in the good ol' USA? I recently rigged up a system and all I can say is, it's one of the half-dozen greatest things since sliced bread. No plugging in the &%^ing recharger. No lights dying because I forgot to plug in the &%*^ing recharger. No batteries to buy 24-packs of at Home Depot. Why does everyone hate generator systems so much? It's not as though they hog huge amounts of legpower AFAICT. You just have to be going a few miles per hour. And while not as bright as my [voracious battery-sucking] NiteRider 12V setup, they're purdy doggone bright.
I was just wondering. I mean from most bike stores, even the mail-order places, you can really only get battery lights. There must be a perfectly good reason. I mean, they are admittedly kinda expensive, but not as much as the fancy rechargeable systems. [Anyone who says, 'well gee they weigh a frikkin' _pound_ or two and as such they're no good for training or daily riding' will be taken to the courtyard and shot. ;-) In any case they're far less heavy than the mongo rechargeable setups.]
I was just wondering. I mean from most bike stores, even the mail-order places, you can really only get battery lights. There must be a perfectly good reason. I mean, they are admittedly kinda expensive, but not as much as the fancy rechargeable systems. [Anyone who says, 'well gee they weigh a frikkin' _pound_ or two and as such they're no good for training or daily riding' will be taken to the courtyard and shot. ;-) In any case they're far less heavy than the mongo rechargeable setups.]