This list you posted and the article I started the thread with, aerohead, seem to agree that the small front fairing is helpful. But the Bicycle Quarterly article seems to think it is less beneficial than the list you posted. Probably different designs and testing parameters, yes?
__________________
See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
|