Jim Gerwing
Well-Known Member
Not a PB, but. . .
So I added a 'storm-door' heat shrink plastic fairing to the seat back of my V AND I covered the front wheel in similar fashion. Tonight's weather was not conducive to an all out assault on my PB so I went out 20k at a sub optimal pace (against a quartering head wind, maybe a 7-8km/hr component head on. I decided to keep it fairly comfortable on the way back but that head wind was now a tail wind so I took what the road would give me. I hit my nemesis light at the 17 km mark and checked my average speed-it was over 45km/hr. What a hoot! Back in town I was going down a through street and decided to see how fast I could go (on a flat, @10km/hr wind behind me, I topped out at 58 point something (speed limit 60). I had an experience of being alive.
JG
So I added a 'storm-door' heat shrink plastic fairing to the seat back of my V AND I covered the front wheel in similar fashion. Tonight's weather was not conducive to an all out assault on my PB so I went out 20k at a sub optimal pace (against a quartering head wind, maybe a 7-8km/hr component head on. I decided to keep it fairly comfortable on the way back but that head wind was now a tail wind so I took what the road would give me. I hit my nemesis light at the 17 km mark and checked my average speed-it was over 45km/hr. What a hoot! Back in town I was going down a through street and decided to see how fast I could go (on a flat, @10km/hr wind behind me, I topped out at 58 point something (speed limit 60). I had an experience of being alive.
JG