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Cockpit setup showing USB charger (silver), switch unit, light (Gold) and GPS.
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One of the foods I enjoy is chocolate, and for the purposes of this post, let's imagine the system as a chocolate factory, only staffed by one Ollie rather than an army of Oompa Loompas.
The options are endless and Kerry is always willing to indulge your desires, but this is the simple and sturdy setup which I've arrived at which suits my needs to tee.
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SP Dynamo hub |
A chocolate transmitting pipe in the form of a wire runs up your fork leg and connects to the molten chocolate diverting switch box which allows you to choose lighting, USB charge or neither. A plug at the hub allows for easy wheel removal. This switch delivers chocolate (electricity) to wherever you desire.
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Dynamo wire coming up from the hub |
Through some Kiwi ingenuity, Kerry managed to integrate the reactor with the switch, making for a very tidy setup which means that no wires need to come up through the crown and up the bottom of the steerer tube. Solid crown carbon fork owners rejoice!
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Choose lights or USB function with this stem located switch. All wires pass outside the steerer. |
Using an out-front Garmin mount, I can get my Edge 800 GPS positioned well clear of the charger, and with a stubby USB cord I can get the current were it needs to be. Excess cord is simply taped to the stem.
If I throw the switch the other way, the USB goes off and chocolate is transformed into a chocolaty sun-like spray of 1100 lumens of glorious LED light, which often sends kangaroos scampering. Having this much light on tap is fantastic especially during the late hours of the night when sleep monsters begin their reign of terror.
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Chocolaty lumens galore form the bar mounted light |
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Kangaroos, wombats and sleep monsters all fear the 1100 lumen chocolaty mist |
Running the system whilst on the trail is far from a chore, if anything it is a welcome relief during sections of dull trail. Provided you keep the GPS sufficiently charged, there really is nothing to told you back from endless riding.
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Keeping your GPS charged avoids scenes like this |
15 comments:
Good story. I'd love a photo showing your wire routing from the hub up the fork to the switch though. I'm trying to figure out where I need slack and how best to handle a suspension fork. Learning from your experience would help.
I ordered mine a few weeks back and am just waiting for the Oompa Loompas to supply the hub. Reading this just ups the ante and I can't wait to get it on the trail.
Nice write-up as usual Ollie. Love the chocolate analogy. Suddenly makes so much more sense. Unfortunately the flow of chocolaty goodness stopped flowing from my sinewave plug during the last Kiwi... Not worked out why yet... May have to flush the cables if the chocolate has gone hard...
Thought I better followup about my Sinewave Plug woes... Not the plug at all - just broke a wire on the cable leading from the dyno to the plug. Too much strain from stuffing into my gas-tank bag... The flow of chocolaty goodness has been restored:-)
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