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Originally Posted by Grant-53
There are useful posts in Aerodynamics and Motorcycle/Scooter sections. The body's widest part is at the shoulders, about 20 inches. Handlebar width is normally 23 inches. Any thing to deflect air around the chest and lowering your shoulder height helps but the biggest gain is from smoothing the air behind the rider as per the Rocket by Oscar Egg. At recumbents.com in Technical/bike building there is a thread on software for designing shells.
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Thanks for this. I plan to shave my handlebars. I also lowered the stem a little over an inch to lower my shoulders. Comments on this and other threads helped. I can't afford a Zzipper fairing right now. The budget on this project has been expended.