I made a coroplast tail fairing/box for my dual 650C Aerocycle. It weighs about 2.5 lbs including
mounting hardware. Since there is a horizontal divider inside, it functions as a tail box holding my
hydration bladder and spare clothing, which is front loaded by where it is wider than the M5 seat.
It seems I get that 1 to 1 1/2 mph speed gain that is usually discussed, and most of the DF riders I
hang out with freely complain about the lack of draft they find behind me:>😉
But best of all, I got the Ed Gin seal of approval for 'one of the nicest coroplast tail fairings
he's seen'.
I'd like to have a nice CF tail fairing, but it's tough to beat the $12 materials charge to make
a coro one.
Bruce Shannahoff Los Angeles
Quoted message said:A quick search suggests this topic has only been touched on here obliquely in the past, my
apologies if I have missed a previous thread...
The RCN article on the Aero last year suggested that Rich Pinto was thinking along the lines of
doing a tailbox for the Aero. Has anything been done in this area? Anybody done their own? Could a
standard M5 carbon lowracer tailbox fit, given that the M5 seat is presumably the same as on the
Aero? I think the M5 website suggests their tailbox (not the luggage one, but the racing one)
weighs about a kg, and adds quite a bit of speed on the flat and downhill per their own tests.
Thanks for your thoughts/experiences.
Nathan
