I just got this lovely little thing in the post, SP’s latest PD-8 disck brake dynamo in QR15 flavour. A huge thanks to the lovely guys at Intelligent Desing Cycles, who were infinitely helpful with the amazingly enthusiastic German Customs Department.

Time to start wheel building…..

Rob – do you know if there is a way of converting these to a standard Q/R?

I’ve not looked into that yet. But they come in a 9mm standard QR versions too.

See here: LINK

I got one a few weeks ago, and have been using it for two or three weeks. It came with a little dummy QR axle to fit it into a fork with dropouts. The plan is to install a second wiring loom on the other bike so that I can swap lamp and front wheel over easily, although I haven’t yet tried the adapter for size.

So far very pleased with it, incidentally. 😀

I did hear that they will do a 9mm converter axle for it. Makes sense if you want to future proof your purchase, fit it into 9mm qr now and keep the option of going 15mm later.

I did email them about the possibility of a 10mm through axle converter, but never got a reply.

UPDATE!

It seems the guys at IDC supply this hub with a 9mm adapter. This may be standard from SP, but no infor on their website, or it could just be IDC being lovely.

SEE HERE for more info (scroll down)

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Hello,

I’m interested in running a dynamo light for off-road. I’m partial to a bit of wheel building too, so I might give this hub a go.

What make/model of lamp do you use it with?

Woohoo!

It’s my birthday next month too 😉

What make/model of lamp do you use it with?

Easy – USE REVO. Brighter, free of flicker and with a stronger standlight than the usual suspects from B&M, Supernova etc., absolutely essential for proper offroad. Proper fit and forget kit.

Cheers!

MSP » I did hear that they will do a 9mm converter axle for it. Makes sense if you want to future proof your purchase, fit it into 9mm qr now and keep the option of going 15mm later.

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That’s who I got mine from (via Ebay) and can confirm the adapter was included (as I said upthread). I don’t have pictures to hand, but it’s essentially the same as this adaptor at CRC.

These are great dynamos. I’ve got the standard disc one. I run it on my Fargo withthe lights always on. More than enough light for the road and bike paths. I must have done about a thousand off road miles with it now.

Complete wheel built and comes in at 960g on my kitchen digital scales as a 29er wheel

Pretty astonishing, considering a Hope Hoop 29er is 810g, only 150g penalty.

Add 110g for a Revo, and that’s 260g for the light and power source, for 800lumens, all night! Lighter than any battery light that’s nice and bright, and I never need to turn the light down or charge a battery, let alone fret about burn time at the end of a night time epic or in cold weather 🙂

I am very happy indeed 🙂