Aero Garbage Wind Resistant a lie

[Rapparee87]

Seen a handful of these over the years commuting and I always worried about the visual aspect of them...
If the nut at the wheel cant see an adult sitting on a bike or even a crotch rocket what chance do they have of seeing Fido Dido in lycra there?

Crunch and one speedbump later a statistic is increased plus one and their trendy sunglasses didn't nothing to help...

Yours cynical AF

They sometimes have flags on a fibre glass stick (is that still a thing?) sticking up from the back though. Must get a lot of fumes though. Can't be healthy being that close to the ground.

 

[ChromeChainstay]

They sometimes have flags on a fibre glass stick (is that still a thing?) sticking up from the back though. Must get a lot of fumes though. Can't be healthy being that close to the ground.

the flag isn't aero !

 

[Frankenorange]

Flags do tell you which way the wind is blowing so then you can ride into it , to prove a point.

 

[novocaine]

Unless you've had the joy of riding one, it's hard to appreciate what it's like. Here's mine. No flag. Everybody looked. Smog was no worse than on a bike. It was ******* fast.

 

[sam_white]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all. The Diamondback Andean. Possibly the first time this has ever graced Retrobike.

Did anyone discuss how much additional benefit there is to aero in a 20mph head wind?

 

[bagpuss]

Back in 1896 this was aero.

https://flic.kr/p/2h23uo2

 

[bikeworkshop]

Seen a handful of these over the years commuting and I always worried about the visual aspect of them...
If the nut at the wheel cant see an adult sitting on a bike or even a crotch rocket what chance do they have of seeing Fido Dido in lycra there?

Crunch and one speedbump later a statistic is increased plus one and their trendy sunglasses didn't nothing to help...

Yours cynical AF

I owned one of these, burrows windcheetah, for a while

Designed by the same man as @Scott-S folder.

Unfaired, still very slippery.

I remember riding in the fast lane on the a38 downhill into Farington Gurney, overtaking 50mph traffic.

I also flipped it once attempting some sort of Immelmann turn.
Different road rash to normal.

They suit:
flattish terrain with smooth tarmac and good visibility.

They don't suit:
hilly country with hedgerows and potholes.

I favour the latter,
so it was sold on after a couple of years.

 

[Scott-S]

I remember riding in the fast lane on the a38 downhill into Farington Gurney, overtaking 50mph traffic.

FFS huge brass ones you have sir

The burrows windcheetah is an interesting looking thing, that seat looks real relaxing too

 

[bikeworkshop]

FFS huge brass ones you have sir

I would describe myself as cowardly rather than brave.

But put me on my bike and I've just got
the wind in my head
and the dust in my eyes

 

[bikeworkshop]

And a tadpole recumbent trike handles like a racing car.

That same speed on a racing bike you know you are near death