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Old 08-14-2020, 12:17 PM   #754 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by CeeforCitroen View Post
I'm curious now as to whether a cyclist will go faster if they wear one of those on their back.
Here's a video of a lorry with one in action. It shouldn't be too hard for a fleet of trucks to save masses of diesel this way, though I have no idea what the savings will be at 55 mph
The world's fastest cyclist wears this on his head, back, arms, and legs.
In the Mercedes video, they're claiming a 20% improvement? 83 kmh used to be the speed limit in the EU for trucks.
Fachsenfelds' boat-tail of 1935 would provide a larger savings than the unit tested in the video.
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