Fairings?

The fiaring is the first and most delioghtful serious upgrade anyone
interested in speed and comfort should buy. ust my opinoin, of course.
There are other valid oints of view although I've never heard a valid
argument against fairings except weight and cost.
We put the bubble fairing on our EZSport for the looks and to keep the
handlebar bag dry. But speed was never an issue for that bike. The TE
is another story, I would never take the fairing off.

The simple physics of fluid dynamics declare plenty of air movement
behind a fairing. The rider's phyiscal feelings might suggest dead air
but it is not the case. It's impossible. The lower pressure area
behind the fairing fills with spilled air. The Bernoulli Effect has
not been revoked by Zzipper nor has it been cancelled in Forida.

Buy the fairing.
Get the biggest and nicest unit you can afford. Forget our advice or
our opinions. Try to ride a couple dozen miles behind one if you must
before you buy but, I assure you: You will NOT regret putting a
fairing on ANY recumbent.

david boise ID

seahorse <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Most of the stories I've heard about fairings were about
fending off the cold. I cannot see them as a factor in the
rain while city driving. However, they do look cool, especially
the painted ones. Does anyone have a statistic or thought
about what the best use of a fairing is? I might buy one for
my EZ-Sport but only if it will increase my speed.
How about a fairing that goes from the front wheel to the
rear. It sure would keep my donuts from getting soggy?

"David Bogie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

The fiaring is the first and most delioghtful serious upgrade anyone
interested in speed and comfort should buy. ust my opinoin, of course.
There are other valid oints of view although I've never heard a valid
argument against fairings except weight and cost.
We put the bubble fairing on our EZSport for the looks and to keep the
handlebar bag dry. But speed was never an issue for that bike. The TE
is another story, I would never take the fairing off.

The simple physics of fluid dynamics declare plenty of air movement
behind a fairing. The rider's phyiscal feelings might suggest dead air
but it is not the case. It's impossible. The lower pressure area
behind the fairing fills with spilled air. The Bernoulli Effect has
not been revoked by Zzipper nor has it been cancelled in Forida.

Buy the fairing.
Get the biggest and nicest unit you can afford. Forget our advice or
our opinions. Try to ride a couple dozen miles behind one if you must
before you buy but, I assure you: You will NOT regret putting a
fairing on ANY recumbent.

david boise ID

That or buy a bike that doesn't require a fairing like an Optima Baron or
Challenge Jester 🙂

[email hidden] (David Bogie) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

The fiaring is the first and most delioghtful serious upgrade anyone
interested in speed and comfort should buy. ust my opinoin, of course.
There are other valid oints of view although I've never heard a valid
argument against fairings except weight and cost.

My experience with a super ZZipper fairing on the front of a P38
found two other concerns that David didn't mention. I agree with his
response, but I found the added area of the fairing in a range of
crosswind angles made the bike slower than it was with no fairing. The
air would still hit my torso in a quartering wind because the fairing
was too far forward to block it. That drag combined with the wind that
was still hitting the fairing added up to more aero drag with the
fairing than without.

That said, the average speed of my particular commute was faster
(typically 1.5 MPH on average speed) with the fairing, but I did not
like the places where it made me slower. By removing it, I gave up
some extra speed in the easy parts of the commute (flats and downhills
without crosswinds) because I hated being slower where I was
vulnerable to attacks from "Diamond Frames" (while climbing [Due to
the added weight which David already acknowledged] and in crosswinds).

The second reaon I removed it was maintenance time. The
maintenance needed to keep it looking decent was too time consuming.
The backside of a clear fairing is not a fun item to keep clean and
clear of haze. Next time, I'd paint the lower portion to hide the wear
and tear.

enjoy,

Edd