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Halogen Dynamo Set although nowhere near as popular as they were in the past, dynamo lighting is still a very eco friendly and reliable way of lighting your bike up. This Basta ATB dynamo set is suitable for almost any bike. This Basta set includes everything you need to fit it to your bike.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
These lights work very well, and give out an excellent light, even at low speeds - but they are not straightforward to fit.
I had to use some ingenuity to fit the front lamp, as the bolt which came with the kit was not quite long enough to go through the steering column - I needed to get a longer M6 bolt from elsewhere. There was no way to fit the lamp to the handlebars if I'd wanted to do that (the lamp just has a hole at the base for the fitting bolt).
The instructions are minimalist in the extreme. They don't explain that while the front lamp has a return wire (that is, it has a twin wire going to it) the rear lamp relies on the current returning through earth (the bicycle frame). If you look very carefully on the dynamo itself (with a magnifying glass) you will see that one of the pairs of terminals has an "earth" symbol - so you connect the single rear light wire to one of the other pair. You connect the two wires from the front light to one terminal from each pair (that is, one to "+" and one to "earth").
The rear light must be bolted using the bracket and bolts provided to a metal part of the frame - and the bracket should be filed or sanded so that the contact is metal-to-metal and not metal-to-paint.
I had to use some ingenuity to fit the front lamp, as the bolt which came with the kit was not quite long enough to go through the steering column - I needed to get a longer M6 bolt from elsewhere. There was no way to fit the lamp to the handlebars if I'd wanted to do that (the lamp just has a hole at the base for the fitting bolt).
The instructions are minimalist in the extreme. They don't explain that while the front lamp has a return wire (that is, it has a twin wire going to it) the rear lamp relies on the current returning through earth (the bicycle frame). If you look very carefully on the dynamo itself (with a magnifying glass) you will see that one of the pairs of terminals has an "earth" symbol - so you connect the single rear light wire to one of the other pair. You connect the two wires from the front light to one terminal from each pair (that is, one to "+" and one to "earth").
The rear light must be bolted using the bracket and bolts provided to a metal part of the frame - and the bracket should be filed or sanded so that the contact is metal-to-metal and not metal-to-paint.
The lights came quickly but that is the only good thing so far the instructions are very poor had to work of guess work most of the time. The plugs that hold the wires in place keep coming out. 3 out of 5times i have had to fix them before i could set off.
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This is excellent value for money. Fitted to the bike without much trouble and works ok.
Downside is that it has filament bulbs, LED's would have been better as they are much more reliable.
Supplied with ample cable, which is good.
Only real criticism is the very minimal instructions, and detail of how to connect wires to the dynamo itself are sketchy.
I would recommend this for anyone who wants a budget dynamo lighting system for occasional use.
Would have got a five star rating if the instructions had been better.
Downside is that it has filament bulbs, LED's would have been better as they are much more reliable.
Supplied with ample cable, which is good.
Only real criticism is the very minimal instructions, and detail of how to connect wires to the dynamo itself are sketchy.
I would recommend this for anyone who wants a budget dynamo lighting system for occasional use.
Would have got a five star rating if the instructions had been better.
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