what is the minimum speed required for an average bike to make the lights run with this?
1160853
Its low speed - I can sell you mine for low discount - I sold my bike and have the generator with lites. I only used it a handfull of times. I would say 2 miles per hour will get the lights on. Higher speeds will give more power to the light. It works great.
1160854
The lights should blink on the moment the generator comes in contact with the tire.
1160855
I owned this generator, i don't have a speedometer but i think that it might be around 4mph or so (dim light, almost useless). It's not much, but if you slow down it goes off immediately, and if you accelerate it brights up even more. Consider i was using it in and old, english style bycicle in a crowded city. I ended up reselling it because the weight of the bycicle plus the generator made it to heavy AND noisy. I think that if you have a lighter bike (and/or with shifts) and you don't mind the noise, it's ok. Hope this was useful.
1160856
iconnected mine up and tried to figure the minimum speed I really did not have mine operable long enough to figure out a minimum speed the generator only worked for a couple of weeks then stopped generating!! this was some time ago but as i recall it took some pedaling effort to get the light bright enough to be usable.. certainly not a very low or relaxed pedaling effort.
1413659
This bike will go 15mph on level ground,plenty fast enough for a good ride.I would not buy one because getting it repaired is next to impossible. I am 71 and love this bike however,getting parts to fix it is difficult and shops within 50miles from my home will not TOUCH IT! Buy local and make sure you will be able to get parts.
1857749
Im not 100 percent sure but ive left my lights on over night by accident and it didn't kill my battery. But every bike is different.
1807165
If you need to run it slower than 9rpm, you could set up a pwm circuit and adjust it slower, but I wouldn't use any higher voltage to run it faster than 88. Use the pwm circuit and the different gear ratios to adjust in between, you will, however have the most torque at the 9rpm gearing.
2177806
I don't remember. But, all I needed was the wheel size to the MPH to work. This bike computer has a mind of its own. There were many times our bikes were stopped and it kept showing the bike was moving.
795934
Yes and no. You have to cut rubber fork clamps to make work. Your light will vibrate when riding. You'll need to add foam to help. It's very hard riding if you don't.
2151515
hi, this little bike is fast, i raised the bars with 2 inch spacers so my knees won't hit and i'm 150 lbs..this bike pulls me about 30 mph on the street, my back yard isn't big enough for it to wind to that speed, but about 20 for straight streches. they are neat little bikes but, they have very high compresion and are hard to pull thru, once running my gran kids and i just keep it running until we're done with it. it'sforce air cooled so it's ok also, it is kind of loud but alot of fun. good luck, jack.
528042
The LED draw is in the milliamps very little. You will have to use a load resistor If you're bike didn't already have LEDs on to make the turn indicators blink
320386
I don't have mine with you so I cannot give you exact numbers, but it is very similar to most mountain bikes. At 80 RPM you can probably be near 25-28 mph speed
1160387
If you were to install a mount on both bikes, then you could attach/release the light in literally 1 second. Otherwise, taking off and on the mount to transfer it from one bike to the other might take a few minutes and require a tool. It may also cause to the mount device/screw to wear out early. To keep the mount firmly secured so that it doesn't swivel and cause the light to droop to low, wrap a thin piece of rubber--like a small piece of an old inner-tube--around the handlebar spot where the mount will be secured. Then, it will fit snugly.
2170529
You should be good if you hook it to either the starter or lights some how if you hook it directly to the battery just make sure you turn off the power when bike is not running
1102485
This light puts out bright light for about 3.5 feet in front on the bike. If you need anymore light than that, you need something else.
2282564
yes i have it on my motorized bicycle i can go 35 mph and have not had a problem with the vibration as far as bright you will love it i have not seen brighter it is literally a spot light on bright mode hope this helped you
1300821
as long as the bike is moving..the wheels spinning you are fine..it is a dynamo and will keep working..but it was not meant to work when the bike is not running..so if you want a light that stays on indefinitely then obviously a generator powered by the bike it self is not what you want?
2134459
Not sure of an exact speed but you can't be at a crawl. Regardless, even if you're stopped the lights look good. But for the pattern to be visible you must be moving along at a nice pace.
1995663
It takes ten amps to run these lights but make sure you put them on a circuit by themselves because you will overload whatever else is on that circuit.
781893
I've never paced it out. I'm not sure how I could answer this precisely in terms or yards or meters in a way that would be accurate or meaningful, as beam distance will be subjective depending on mounting height and angle. On my 29er I get about three car lengths of illumination...at least bright enough to illuminate any obstacle that might pose a hazard. I've not ridden fast enough to "out-drive" the light, though I suppose that could be possible on a road bike.Hope this helps.