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Old 02-24-10 | 09:00 AM
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Full fairing/ shells

What are your experiences with full fairings (if that's the correct term)? I mean full enclosures, whatever the material, cloth, fiberglass, aluminum, etc. What type of bike do you ride with it: LWB, SWB, low, high, delta, tadpole?
I'm really interested in getting an enclosed recumbent for commuting and short errand running and it looks like a hard shell trike would have easy internal storage.
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Old 02-24-10 | 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by kjmillig
What are your experiences with full fairings (if that's the correct term)? I mean full enclosures, whatever the material, cloth, fiberglass, aluminum, etc. What type of bike do you ride with it: LWB, SWB, low, high, delta, tadpole?.
Fully enclosed (2005-now) VeloKit (2007 - 2009) both are pictured here somewhere!:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/555784@N20/pool/
Both were tadpole trikes (1 fiberglass/kevlar and other was canvas)
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Old 02-24-10 | 06:04 PM
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Old 02-24-10 | 07:49 PM
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Probably the most widely-used full-fairing setup in the US is the TourEasy and its progeny (GRR, Ti-Rush,) using a front fairing and a body sock. There is no extra storage to be gained with the body sock, though.
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Originally Posted by BlazingPedals
Probably the most widely-used full-fairing setup in the US is the TourEasy and its progeny (GRR, Ti-Rush,) using a front fairing and a body sock. There is no extra storage to be gained with the body sock, though.
Indeed. Although a body sock doesn't interfere with installing panniers, and it's quite versatile. If things get too windy, you can remove the sock and gain some stability.

If you want to look at hard-shell, practical type recumbents, do a search on "velomobile". If you're in Taiwan (what city?) you can probably get a Greenspeed Glyde easiest.
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