Front Wheel Covers, general aero, ect....

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

Is anyone using a front wheel cover (such as, for a regular 32-spoke
wheel) on a recumbent? These are not used outdoors with upright bikes as
it's generally agreed they're too difficult to control--but many
recumbents [well, mine at least] have small front wheels and lots of
steering tiller. I see people using fairings and body socks outdoors,
and I can't help but wonder if a front wheel cover would make handling
any worse than that.

I used both front and rear ones for years on my Kingcycle SWB and they
didn't seem to affect the handling much at all. But the set I then
confected for the Speedmachine caused the thing to become /very/ twitchy
in crosswinds, to the extent that when I had to kill one in order to
remove the rear brake disc, I took them off and didn't bother to make
any new ones.

So the answer would appear to be: "It depends".

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