Re: [Classicrendezvous] Audax & Generator Bosses

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Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 14:12:25 -0500
From: Jerry Moos <moos@penn.com>
To: CYCLESTORE@aol.com
CC: mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Audax & Generator Bosses
References: <37.c6b81e1.273855ec@aol.com>


Almost sounds as if the bike is designed around the lamps. For something a bit less elaborate, but much clearer than cluttered external wires, could one route the wires thru the TT in the same manner as a rear brake cable? Is it possible such a simpler method might be done as a retrofit when repainting a frame?

Regards,

Jerry Moos

CYCLESTORE@aol.com wrote:
> My Herse, a full ranndonnuer model with a twist (No one upmanship just
> information Mark) for cyclo camping and demontable take apart feature (I
> could only afford one bike and I wanted three) has a generator with battery
> backup, the preferred setup for all night rides in my humble opinion.
>
> The generator is a BB mounted Sanyo with hidden or internal wiring to a
> fender generator lamp( clean and out of the way of baggage) and forward
> through the frame and take apart joint up to a spring loaded carbon brush in
> the steerer tube, (follow me here) down the inside of the steerer tube
> through the fender forward up through the front handlebar bag fender
> reinforcement bolt that is brazed onto the front section of the front rack,
> then rearwards through the rack toward the left side to a piece of tubing
> that flows in a curve forward with a lamp on the end of it. The wire goes
> strait into the back of the lamp through a bolt to hard wired connection with
> no visible wires. The lamp is on the left side for this generator arr
> angement. On the right is a custom modified JPR flashlight that bolts to an
> adjustable bracket that clamps very cleanly to the front bag support rack.
> On the Rear lower left chainstay a Berac square D cell lamp is bolted to a
> boss brazed vertically below the pannier area. One trick I neglected was a
> shifter with internal cable to turn the generator on.
>
> Children, don't try this a home. But Brian, Richard or one of you guys want
> to take it on with a new one let me know and I'll try to be informative.
>
> Gilbert" There is nothing like the thrill of the sun coming up on an all
> night ride " Anderson
>
>
> In a message dated 11/6/00 3:04:41 PM, mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net writes:
>
> << My Singer, a full randonneur model, has the headlite, generator, and rear
>
> lamp all on the left side. As Doug says, the headlite is mounted on the
>
> front rack and tilted slightly down.
>
> The bottle generators are not as nice (my opinion) as the Soubitez generator
>
> that mounts behind the BB.
>
> Do the french STILL drive on the right? >>