I've set up a bike with a B&M bottle dynamo and have a question about tires. The bike currently has Panaracer Pasela TG's that I very much like. However, they do not have a dynamo strip. Is that a big problem?
Is a dynamo strip only to prevent slippage, or is there some extra rubber under it to counter wear from the roller? I have the dynamo roller riding relatively high on the tire (against the rubber on the tire, not the tan sidewall area) and have it very carefully aligned perpendicular to the tire.
So if I use the B&M wire roller, would a dynamo strip be of any advantage?
Also, it seems to me that the use of the wire roller would allow one to use significantly less pressure against the wheel and still have good grip (even in the wet), so that the wear might not be any more with the wire roller than with a rubber roller (at higher pressure).
I've set up a bike with a B&M bottle dynamo and have a question about tires. The bike currently has Panaracer Pasela TG's that I very much like. However, they do not have a dynamo strip. Is that a big problem?
No.
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Is a dynamo strip only to prevent slippage,
pretty much.
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or is there some extra rubber under it to counter wear from the roller? I have the dynamo roller riding relatively high on the tire
Good, as the sidewalls on the Panaracers is rather fragile
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So if I use the B&M wire roller, would a dynamo strip be of any advantage?
Never used a wire roller, but I can't imagine a dynamo track being needed as AFAIK, they're a grip sorta deal--and an aiming feature. "Point roller here."
I've set up a bike with a B&M bottle dynamo and have a question about tires. The bike currently has Panaracer Pasela TG's that I very much like. However, they do not have a dynamo strip. Is that a big problem?
Is a dynamo strip only to prevent slippage, or is there some extra rubber under it to counter wear from the roller? I have the dynamo roller riding relatively high on the tire (against the rubber on the tire, not the tan sidewall area) and have it very carefully aligned perpendicular to the tire.
So if I use the B&M wire roller, would a dynamo strip be of any advantage?
Also, it seems to me that the use of the wire roller would allow one to use significantly less pressure against the wheel and still have good grip (even in the wet), so that the wear might not be any more with the wire roller than with a rubber roller (at higher pressure).
Any thoughts on this?
Having ridden 22mm 300g cotton tubulars with a side dynamo all my adult life, the cute side patterns are mostly decorative.
Be sure to set up the unit such that the dynamo axis points straight at the axle center. If it's askew, it will make noise and abrade the side of your tire.
Oh, and tight- you don't want it in your spokes. -- Andrew Muzi <www.yellowjersey.org/> Open every day since 1 April, 1971 ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
