thundercamel
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Sorry man, I don't mean to keep correcting you. Think about the tire/rim linear speed at 35mph on a 26" wheel vs. 20" wheel :wink: You're correct for disc brakes of course.
linear and/or hp velo have a USS kit you might be able to modify and fit on your bike.neptronix said:Thinking about this and what you said gives me a bit of pause because this area can have gusts of wind up to 80mph from all directions. more typical is 10-35mph. A typical fairing connected to the handlebars would easily produce some unwanted steering effects and be extremely dangerous. basically, it's putting a sail on a bike.
Perhaps the ideal handlebar mounted fairing would sit in the absolute center of the steering tube and also partially intersperse the handlebars or have a cutout for handlebar access. This central location would greatly reduce the lever effect of wind forces. The closer position to the rider would improve aero also. In addition to this, i could enclose part of the back of the fairing to reduce the sail effect as well.
2021-04-06 12_16_49-Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended - bluedream fairing.psd @ 50% (Front fairing, RGB_8.jpg
This would require a lot of cardboard based experimentation but could be done.
Too bad i don't have under seat steering! i could create a fairing that's more in the center of the bike.. with a tail fairing, side/rear winds would have a super small impact.
Or maybe i could wear a fairing on my chest, lol. Bicycle fashion crime of the century.
maiz said:linear and/or hp velo have a USS kit you might be able to modify and fit on your bike.
neptronix said:I don't want to go so far as to enclose the sides of the bike no matter how much benefit that would bring. I want the bike to be an example of practical aerodynamics and design much like the angle taken on the Tesla Model 3.
But a fairing mounted partially or fully behind the handlebar would do a much better job of reducing the air gap of a front handlebar which also exacerbates crosswinds. And make flow to the tail box much more useful.
I've read many times that a tail box yields improvements on bikes with no front fairing. I'd like to test my theory in real life.
neptronix said:There's also increased frontal area around his shoulder, which is bad.