Fairings on an fixXxed?
07-07-07 | 10:16 AM
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Fairings on an fixXxed?
Ok, so I've seen this bike:
It's from windwrap fairings demo bikes for sale section,
https://www.windwrap.com/demobike.htm
Here's moar about it:
https://www.windwrap.com/ub.htm
How does a fairing work out on a fixXed? Cause I'd expect it would be blowfuller going uphill due to the extra weight and this would be compounded by the sucktitude of getting geared out faster when you're someplace flat due to aero. Of course if you live somewhere flat I expect it would be pretty neat.
Anyways zziper also got fairings for DF's:
https://www.zzipper.com/Products/prod_upright.php
It's from windwrap fairings demo bikes for sale section,
https://www.windwrap.com/demobike.htm
Here's moar about it:
https://www.windwrap.com/ub.htm
How does a fairing work out on a fixXed? Cause I'd expect it would be blowfuller going uphill due to the extra weight and this would be compounded by the sucktitude of getting geared out faster when you're someplace flat due to aero. Of course if you live somewhere flat I expect it would be pretty neat.
Anyways zziper also got fairings for DF's:
https://www.zzipper.com/Products/prod_upright.php
07-07-07 | 12:20 PM
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If I had a reverse tandem recumbent trike, I wouldn't mind putting fairings on it (basically making it a car).
Not on a fixie. Not like this. Not like this...
Not on a fixie. Not like this. Not like this...
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07-07-07 | 01:41 PM
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Dude.. riot shield for bike.
Supposedly those make quite a difference in speed, but you're going to cancel out the effects on a fixed gear, unless the gear ratio is just right. Maybe it'd be fun for messing around on the velodrome, though.
Supposedly those make quite a difference in speed, but you're going to cancel out the effects on a fixed gear, unless the gear ratio is just right. Maybe it'd be fun for messing around on the velodrome, though.
07-07-07 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Boss Moniker
Dude.. riot shield for bike.
Supposedly those make quite a difference in speed, but you're going to cancel out the effects on a fixed gear, unless the gear ratio is just right. Maybe it'd be fun for messing around on the velodrome, though.
Supposedly those make quite a difference in speed, but you're going to cancel out the effects on a fixed gear, unless the gear ratio is just right. Maybe it'd be fun for messing around on the velodrome, though.
07-08-07 | 02:40 PM
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Little bit warm though, as it greatly reduces airflow over the body. And since power production is directly related to sheeding body heat, it would probably slow you down overall.
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07-08-07 | 10:48 PM
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Brake chatter on CX forks
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Bikes: '04 Kona Jake, '05 Kona Stuff, '07 Specialized Langster
With that fairing/windscreen attached to the HANDLEBARS, and fork, it would act like a huge sail in crosswinds. Making the steering very... trouser filling at speed. It would work better if it was attached to the FRAME.
07-09-07 | 11:47 AM
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Bikes: iro rob roy - ss cross, iro mark v pro - fixed, bianchi via nirone 7 - road, trek 1000 - 1x9 city bike w/ rack
Originally Posted by Cynikal
I thought was to protect the dog in the basket.
07-09-07 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by abeyance
I have had an idea kicking around in my head of how to turn a bike into a bong. I need to learn how to weld Ti,