SO, I've finally managed to get some pics from the Lang Lang ride, with Whoops in full battle mode.
That's Jeff over there taping me in prior to the run. The black thing in front of the windscreen is a NACA duct, which directs air into my face, with apprenetly little increase to the aerodynamic drag.N
ow, the astute amongst you will notice you can't see my eyes. Which, by reverse, means I couldn't see yours, if you were hypothetically somewhere in front of me whilst riding. Yes, visibility was NOT good. All I could see was the banking up to my right. I had NO idea where the left edge of the track was. SO i wobbled around the track for 30 minutes, rarely moving into the 2nd lane, mostly staying in the 3rd & 4th lanes. BUT, it was fun cruising along at 55kmh or so.My helmet was hard up against the bubble, and I felt EVERY bump in the road.
You may also notice the bulge in the join between the front & rear top pieces. Big Shoulders! Somehow, the tap stayed on & I was kept dry. I had tried to seal up the front wheel hole somewhat, so despite the rain, I got out of Whoops pretty dry.
6 comments:
Tim,
This might sound really dumb, but in regards not being able to "see over the bonnet" in Whoops, would it be possible to implement two thin mirror strips into a telescope type arrangement in front of your eyes?
You can get plastic mirrors if worried about safety.
Pete H
Peter,
Looking at working on a periscope type arrangement. BUT, what we are planning on doing is making a deeper bubble so my eyes are higher & thus will have more visibility. Our preference is a bubble, but if we can make a small enough periscope so that the aerodynamics aren't unduly affected, we'll try that.
Good idea.
Tim
Peter,
Looking at working on a periscope type arrangement. BUT, what we are planning on doing is making a deeper bubble so my eyes are higher & thus will have more visibility. Our preference is a bubble, but if we can make a small enough periscope so that the aerodynamics aren't unduly affected, we'll try that.
Good idea.
Tim
Maybe you could mount some really small mirror strips on your helmet.
Those dinky little eyeglass mirrors give heaps of view of the road behind when they are up close like that.
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