P.P.S.
Just went to the basement and checked, I've got one of these "Basta" dynamo holders. Interestingly enough, on the inside it's marked "Soubitez MADE IN FRANCE". Go figure.
Jerry, if'n you wanna try one out, contact me off list and I'll stuff this one in letter and send it at cost.
Greets
Kai Hilbertz Munich, Germany
On 01.01.2009, at 20:49, Kai Hilbertz wrote:
> Jan. 01, 09
>
> Dear Jerry, cc List,
>
> the pic on the Rose website:
> http://www.roseversand.de/
> is actually comprised of two photos.
>
> The top is the entire one piece holder. The front has a vertical
> slot to attach any dynamo you want at the correct height, and right
> behind this vertical slot is the round attachment hole for the
> cantilever boss. Behind the cantilever attachment hole, which stands
> off from the body at 90 degrees, the holder proceeds towards the
> rear, where it branches into two tabs that press against the fork or
> seat stay tube. The tabs are to keep the whole assembly with the
> dynamo from turning on the axis of the cantilever boss.
>
> Because of the way the dynamo holder is formed, a dynamo can be
> mounted either on the front fork at the left in front of the fork,
> facing forwards, or on the right seat stay behind the stay, facing
> towards the rear. The second pic shows the holder, facing in the
> same direction towards the front, mounted on a red fork. Note that
> the fork obscures most of the length of the holder, which is behind
> it.
>
> At the top left of the second image, proceeding down towards the
> middle, you see the rear of a Basta/Union dynamo which has been
> mounted on the vertical slot of the holder.
>
> Here are some further pics:
>
> http://www.amazon.de/
>
> http://www.veloplus.ch/
>
> Note that Basta makes a similar holder to attach a rear light. This
> lacks a vertical slot to vary the height, but the principle is
> exactly the same:
> http://www.roseversand.de/
>
> I have no idea if Basta is sold in the US of A. If not, and the
> Zinkens holder is no longer being made, perhaps Peter White might be
> interested in importing them?
>
> Greets
>
> Kai Hilbertz
> Munich, Germany
>
>
>
> http://www.roseversand.de/
> On 01.01.2009, at 17:20, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
>
>> Can't tell from the photo how one secures the dynamo to the
>> bracket. Are there bits not shown? Must one improvise some bits
>> to use this with a B&M dynamo? Does anyone in America sell the
>> Basta?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jerry Moos
>> Big Spring, Texas, USA
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 1/1/09, Kai Hilbertz <khilbertz@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Kai Hilbertz <khilbertz@googlemail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [CR]WTB Dynoshoe Dynamo bracket
>>> To: "CR List" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>>> Cc: jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net
>>> Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 8:33 AM
>>> P.S.
>>> Basta has a slightly different holder which is cheap and
>>> also might be
>>> of interest. This model is for left-side dynamos only:
>>>
>>> http://www.roseversand.de/
>>>
>>> Greets
>>>
>>> Kai Hilbertz
>>> Munich, Germany
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01.01.2009, at 15:14, Kai Hilbertz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jan. 1, 09
>>>>
>>>> Dear List,
>>>>
>>>> Sjscycles.co.uk is out, but Evans has them:
>>>>
>>> http://www.evanscycles.com/
>>>>
>>>> Or just google "Zinkens Dynashoe" and see
>>> what you get.
>>>>
>>>> Greets
>>>>
>>>> Kai Hilbertz
>>>> Munich, Germany
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 01.01.2009, at 03:25, Mike Schmidt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Check with St. John Cyclery in the UK. They have
>>> more lighting
>>>>> brackets than......
>>>>>
>>>>> Happy New Year from fridgid New York City.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike Schmidt
>>>>> Artisinal Restaurant
>>>>> Park Ave @32nd
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 31, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Jerome &
>>> Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> At the risk of starting a thread that has
>>> nothing to do with Mario
>>>>>> Confente, Faliero Masi, or any Italian of whom
>>> I am aware, I'm
>>>>>> looking for a Dynoshoe dynamo bracket.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a bracket that attaches to a
>>> Cantilever brake boss and
>>>>>> mounts a dynamo and perhaps a front light as
>>> well. Peter White
>>>>>> used to sell them, but he is sold out and says
>>> they are no longer
>>>>>> made. I don't know if B&M made them,
>>> but they were often used
>>>>>> with B&M dynamos. My understanding is
>>> that the bracket can be
>>>>>> mounted to the cantilever boss without
>>> interferring with the
>>>>>> cantilever caliper. I have a Matt Assenmacher
>>> touring bike that
>>>>>> has cantilever bosses and lots of other
>>> brazeons, but no dynamo
>>>>>> mount, and I hate clamping brackets to nice
>>> frames. Having sorted
>>>>>> out the B&M dynamo lighting on the Caygill
>>> with some help from
>>>>>> Peter White, I really like it as well as
>>> similar stuff on the new
>>>>>> Bates. Doug Fattic is adding a brazeon mount
>>> to the frame his is
>>>>>> finishing for me. Don't want to add a
>>> brazeon to the Assenmacher,
>>>>>> so the Dynashoe sounds lke the best option.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jerry Moos
>>>>>> Much Colder today than yesterday in Big
>>> Spring, Texas, USA
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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