06-22-2014, 03:38 PM
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...beats walking...
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Something for Bicyclists!
...found this chart and thought it might be useful to our bicyclists!
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06-22-2014, 03:43 PM
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ol tele man.....
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06-22-2014, 07:54 PM
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The partial fairing , riding crouched has ~ .70 cd
as compared to just riding crouched ~ .83 cd
I might make one of the little fairings for my Quintana roo Traiatholon bike I am slowly building.
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06-23-2014, 11:21 AM
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Yes, this is from the now famous article in Scientific American Dec. 1983 on human powered vehicles. I have been designing fairings for upright bikes for a number of years with the goal of selling plans online. Search for images of 'upright bicycle fairings'. I posted a pic in the Alternative Transportation section some time ago. We share data with the motorcycle people since a mountain bike is about 7/8 the size of a motorcycle.
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06-23-2014, 12:11 PM
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Unfaired lowracers (velocraft nocom, etc) are conspicuously absent...
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06-23-2014, 12:48 PM
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I've started saving up for the moon bike. I hope it's a 100 speed gear set.
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06-23-2014, 01:36 PM
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I've started saving up for the moon bike. I hope it's a 100 speed gear set.
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06-23-2014, 06:23 PM
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200 mph on lunar surface
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I think one of the AeroVironment guys said that a bike on the Moon would be good for 200 mph.
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06-23-2014, 07:10 PM
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There's a reason why recumbents are illegal in the Tour de France.
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06-23-2014, 09:30 PM
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 been there done that
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