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10 mW
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- Mar 28, 2009
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Back in the day, Vetter made "full" (front end) fairings for motorcycles; one was called Windjammer. I would like to add a reasonable fairing to my (someday soon) 26" diamond frame ebike. The motorcycle fairings are much too big and heavy. What I want could be done with one formed sheet of low-density polystyrene (Frisbee stuff), and maybe a small windshield. I have seen the full pod bike enclosures, such as Vetter once made, but they are not what I want. Those things are heavy, noisy, stuffy, and well, pompous. A small Windjammer clone in front would be good, for me. I could even see using a modest tailcone to put the air back together behind me, but that item would be optional here. The closest commercial item that I have seen so far is the old Hutch bike fairing. It is angular, but reasonable in size, and of course, not available now. I see some recumbents that have decent fairings, but I'm just not a recumbent rider.
All that to say this: Air drag costs performance, both in speed and range. I am surprised that upright ebikes usually do not use streamline fairings similar to Windjammer and Hutch. Are there any commercial front fairings now on the market, short of the full-bike pod enclosures? TIA.
All that to say this: Air drag costs performance, both in speed and range. I am surprised that upright ebikes usually do not use streamline fairings similar to Windjammer and Hutch. Are there any commercial front fairings now on the market, short of the full-bike pod enclosures? TIA.