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Date: 18 Aug 2007 14:30:37
From: Just A User
Subject: bodysoc / fairing for a road bike
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O.K. I know some of the regulars here are going to be like wtf! But
anyway I have to ask my google image seach came back negative. Does
anyone know of anyone who has a picture of a real road bike with a body
sock.
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Date: 18 Aug 2007 13:52:41
From: Tom \Johnny Sunset\ Sherman
Subject: Re: bodysock / fairing for a road bike
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Just A User aka Ken ? wrote:
> O.K. I know some of the regulars here are going to be like wtf!
WTF is a bodysock? ;)
(Me a few years back):
<http://www.ransbikes.com/Gallery/Archive/Sherman.htm >.
> But anyway I have to ask my google image seach came back negative. Does
> anyone know of anyone who has a picture of a real road bike with a body
> sock.
My educated guess would be that an upright with a bodysock would be a
PITA in crosswinds (however, bodysocks improve the crosswind handling of
LWB recumbents compared to having a front only fairing). There have been
a few uprights with full hardshell fairings at IHPVA events in the past,
and handling problems due to wind were reported.
If you want a bodysock fairing, Zzipper makes front fairing for
uprights: <http://www.zzipper.com/Products/prod_upright.php >.
A tail-cone could be made from corrugated polymer board such as
Coroplast [TM]: <http://www.coroplast.com/ >.
Here is the great Oscar Egg with a tail-cone:
<http://gart-recumbent.republika.pl/history/1932_oscaregg_track.jpg >.
Buy some Lycra stretch fabric and sew the rest yourself (been there,
done that). Trial and error in fitting will be required.
--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
BEER IS FOOD
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Date: 18 Aug 2007 17:21:28
From: Paul Myron Hobson
Subject: Re: bodysock / fairing for a road bike
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> Just A User aka Ken ? wrote:
>> O.K. I know some of the regulars here are going to be like wtf!
Tom "Johnny Sunset" Sherman wrote:
> WTF is a bodysock? ;)
>
> (Me a few years back):
> <http://www.ransbikes.com/Gallery/Archive/Sherman.htm>.
Nice socks. ;) Also, you remind me of a younger Sting. js.
\\paul
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