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Inside of bike trainer leg with crush bar |
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Shortening bike trainer wheels with pipe cutter with |
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this result. The trainer now suits the 20" bike wheel and means I get a realistic idea of the view over the fairing. Struts supporting the bottom of the fairing are modified light steel tent pole tubes. |
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Glueing fibreglass rods into fairing support brackets. These rods help distribute stress into the parts which are home 3d printed. |
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Mounting bracket and... |
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fairing support. |
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A bucket from Bunnings and some handlebar ends from the shed. Bits of the bucket are now the front of the fairing and the handlebar ends ... |
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fitted on the handlebars with white nylon bolts to hold the fairing top. |
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Using a holesaw set to make.... |
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this small piece which covers a hole in the new, longer fairing. Without further modifying the fairing, I can mount a light to this wooden piece. |
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This set of fairing mounts didn't work as it placed the fairing support right near the pedals, causing interference. |
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End result after a quick test ride. Still quite a few things to fix but I'm quite happy. |
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Another view, plan to go for a longer ride tomorrow. |
Hi, this post is mostly pictorial again. The fairing I received from
OzHpv mates 5 or 6 weeks ago is now on a bike and ready for an 80k or so test ride tomorrow. The bike trainer I was using to test the fairing was for 700c bikes, and I cut it down to better sit a 20" and so I could get a realistic idea of my view of the road when testing. The fairing mounting has been totally home made and the fairing has been extended using parts of a bucket. Very happy with the results sofar. For a long time I have been aware that my front wheel drive bikes are an aerodynamic mess at the front, and this fairing should fix some of that.
Regards
Steve Nurse
Update, July 7: I took the trike for a ride of about 60k today (Mordialloc and back via beach road), with no real problems. I had to stop a few times to do up screws which attach the fairing but that was to be expected as I hadn't bothered with nyloc nuts, spring washers etc. I'm fairly out of condition and didn't stop to eat, drink or wee till I got back within a few k of home so was tired, thirsty and hungry when I got in. Happy with the bikes speed and I overtook a few of the slower Beach road roadies. Didn't take many photos, and the ones I did take were undramatic and out of focus. Here is the best of them showing a screw coming undone!
Update, July 23: From here, the story goes sideways, I used the design of one of the fairing mounts for other purposes. Flick over to my design blog
here for details. Trike is ready for a longer ride now, will report progress. Regards Steve Nurse
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