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Originally Posted by beate
You can easily take off the side windows, and You can easily remove the entire canopy. And You will do that voluntarily.
And yes, the front wheel openings can and should have been improved.
On the other hand: the GoOne 3 has never been intended to be a racing machine. It is a good looking cruiser.
But no, the windshield is not a disaster for daily use. You will need a fan to keep it clean during the colder days (standard in the last production years), You might have some trouble with rain drops - but this is the same trouble as with any velomobile screen and surpisingly less than expected).
Most cumbersome is the deep sun, comparable to a car.
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Velomobile screens come at many angles of incidence. The flatter they are, the harder it is to maintain adequate optical clarity if they are a 3-D curve. On all, the flatter they are, the more raindrops you have to look through, and the more trouble you have with hazing of the plastic. Using wipers causes fine scratches, especially if there is any road grit present. Under misting conditions, a fan can use over 100 Watts and still be inadequate without extensive ducting and management of exhaled air. My windshield is a lot steeper and easier to reach than the Go-One's, and I was nearly blind riding into a sunset within 1,000 km.
There's a lot to be said for just looking through the necessary air intake. Keeping your head cool matters more for comfort than body cooling.
Windshield angle is so important that the early Jaguar E types compromised their beauty and streamlining with a steeper angle.