Originally Posted by
alan s
Going for the Darth Vader look? That thing would scare the crap out of me if I saw you coming up from behind.
Military stealth look, I'm tempted to mock up a rocket launcher tube.
Truth is I didn't want to mess with paint, and black was the only choice in a reasonable price and quantity.
Originally Posted by
gregjones
Two thoughts.....
1: Perhaps something to block clean air from the pumping legs, feet and crankset.......
2: Some way to check traffic from behind...as in changing lanes??!!?!?! ..Can't always make right turns.
Otherwise..............innovative use of the thousands of political yard signs that are soon to be tossed to landfills.
All in all---good job.
It's not as big as it seems from the pictures. I have to be in the drops with a horizontal back to be below the windscreen.
I'd like to block off the lower legs but it's not really possible given toe overlap with the front wheel.
Given the trouble and angst people go through about fenders, I just thought it was cool that you can whip one together in half an hour out of cloroplast and inner tubes and it actually holds up, perhaps indefinitely, in weather that most commuters won't get caught out in.
Originally Posted by
fietsbob
I Put on my cycle Rain cape and hat to stay dry .. roll it all up and stow it when un needed.
but thanks for sharing..
So do I - not a rain cape which is way too much hassle IMO but a light rain slicker. This is so beyond that, if I may be immodest, that it's addicting.