Just need to buy the real deal with a little less duct tape

Needs moar yaw

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Alex Arman

Strava

Quite interesting. The topic that is. I watched a video of some guy and he constructed a fairing on a bike and that was really quick. Not practical at all, but quick.

I was pretty surprised by their front wheel test. Though that would have shown something.

Looked like they were just fucking around rather than doing a serious test. I guess the cardboard would flex too much?

They even used red cardboard :)

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Developing aero, fit and other fun stuff at Red is Faster

We've invested so much time, effort and duct tape, we've converted a beautiful Orbea terra into what is effectively an unrideable monster and we haven't saved any watts.

I tested a taped up front disc at a2 on my track bike (didn't have a real one at the time) and it was about 2w better than my H3 at 0° (just a box wheel with a cut up wheelbuilder cover taped to it, so not ideal) but like that test, hard to glean too much from that.

The Trimble was supposedly pretty slippery in the tunnel as long as nobody was riding it from what I remember. Cool looking bike though.

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My Blog - http://leegoocrap.blogspot.com

'beautiful' and 'orbea' do not belong in the same sentence ;)

Aerodynamic styling is easy.
Reducing aerodynamic drag is hard.

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Damon Rinard
Engineering Manager,
CSG Road Engineering Department
Cannondale & GT Bicycles
(ex-Cervelo, ex-Trek, ex-Velomax, ex-Kestrel)