nealhe wrote:
Hello burnthesheep and All, Very cool! I want one .... Oh ... I have one out in the garage I bought several years ago .... forget who it was selling them.
Looking at yours .... are they legal for Ironman races? Or is it considered a fairing? Does it make any difference if it is functionally one piece?
... (like printed?)
Would it be a more aero if it bulged out a bit to cover the crank? Would surface texture or dimples or vanes make it more aero?
What about adding an aero leading and trailing edge to the crank?
-Maybe Glen Alden? I almost got one but it's a fairing, it's taped on temporary. A quality piece he made for sure, but if your battery goes you have to un-tape them and re-tape. Typically the "fairing test" is if you remove the part, will the bicycle still function. Remove my chainring, bike won't go. It's integral. You cannot separate them. But you can unbolt the chainring and access the Quarq without ruining or removing "tape or something".
-The Wattshop appears to have it built into the crankset instead so that it an integral function of the bike. So, not a fairing.
-The Alden ones being taped and removable, aren't an original bike function. So fairing. A plastic bolt on brake cover........is a fairing. An aero shaped stack spacer like all nice bikes have now.......not a fairing, integral. Mavic aero rim strips, bike still goes with them removed........a fairing. Not sure how the Tririg magnetic brake covers aren't fairings. Nor the P5 brake covers.
-Cranks spin, I can't imagine texture would work.
-Next up, I don't care to sand and bond carbon on my Quarq cranks and risk breaking them while riding. But if you DID do that I guess it wouldn't be a fairing. You can buy ones exactly like that already. Just has to be a "forever" part. Not tape or temporary "window sealing silicone".
I can't give up the secret sauce. It's sooooo easy if you have it.
