Jan, what was the fender shape that you tested? On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Jan Heine <hein...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> We spent two days in the wind tunnel testing fenders, jackets, hand > position, lower handlebars, etc. The fenders made remarkably little > difference to aerodynamics. Of course, it probably depends on your > fenders, and if you have a front plastic fender that sticks up in the > air instead of following the curve of the tire, it may be different. > As Michael recalled, the ideal fender extends just forward of the fork > crown, and acts as a fairing for the tire. Everything else increases > drag. A full front fender still is better than nothing, as the fairing > effect outweighs the extra drag of the rear portion. Lowering you stem > by 20 mm had a great effect than most other changes, with the > exception of flapping jackets. Now that was a huge effect! Full > results are in Bicycle Quarterly Vol. 6, No. 1. (Commercial plug: Back > issues are available.) > > Jan Heine > Editor > Bicycle Quarterly > http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com > > Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
