Fairing for Greenspeed
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Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Joeblake » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:40 pm
This one caught my eye
The WGX.
Has anybody had any experience with one of these?
Alternatively are there some manufacturers in Australia that I could contact? The only one I could google made fully enclosed ones which I'm not quite ready for yet.
Thanks in advance,
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Baalzamon » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:32 am
FlyingFurniture has them at same price from USA
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Joeblake » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:46 am
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby missinglink » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:27 pm
For overhead protection there is the recumbent ragtop (http://recumbentragtops.net/gallery/dis ... um=1&pos=7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) which provides reasonable shade but not much rain protection unless the rain is vertical. It also performs as a sail in tailwinds and a parachute in headwinds.
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Joeblake » Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:01 pm
Wow, some people have all the luckmissinglink wrote:I ordered the WGX from the US last week. I didn’t realise FlyingFurnture also stocked them.
I'm not dead set yet on buying one but I'd certainly appreciate hearing about it when it arrives. (Piccies please? )
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Baalzamon » Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:59 pm
One point mount with tilting system, makes getting in and out a breeze
Get the fairing cover, an absolute must for protection and for transporting it
I had the tinted gx cover. When I was thinking about mine I priced it up from terracycle then I spotted flyingfurniture had them as I've previously posted. FFC do free shipping on orders over $100 now, so you get free shipping on the fairing vs paying something like $50US for them.
I did have my fairing flare up once coming down Jarrahdale Rd. I altered the angle after that and I didn't have it happen again. Flared up around 60kph mark and next time I hit 82kph without an issue
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Joeblake » Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:09 pm
Baalzamon wrote:
I did have my fairing flare up once coming down Jarrahdale Rd. I altered the angle after that and I didn't have it happen again. Flared up around 60kph mark and next time I hit 82kph without an issue
Will be bearing that in mind as I've hit 70+ kph on several occasions going down both Welshpool, Kalamunda and Gooseberry Hill Roads.
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Baalzamon » Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:32 pm
With a fairing faster againJoeblake wrote:Baalzamon wrote:
I did have my fairing flare up once coming down Jarrahdale Rd. I altered the angle after that and I didn't have it happen again. Flared up around 60kph mark and next time I hit 82kph without an issue
Will be bearing that in mind as I've hit 70+ kph on several occasions going down both Welshpool, Kalamunda and Gooseberry Hill Roads.
Joe
I actually moved the mast for the fairing a fair bit on my Ice Adventure. I had them direct above one another, and that is how the flare up happened I think. I then moved the top part of the mast and it fitted snugly between my bottle cage mounts on the boom and that is where I had mine and didn't flare up after that.
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby just4tehhalibut » Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:19 am
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Joeblake » Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:37 am
If you wish to take a run down from Lesmurdie, I'm quite happy to oblige and go with you. Just set a date. Alternatively, I could jump on the BMW and go for a bit of a ride south. I was down near Adventure World on New Year's day, so I've still got the route fresh in my mind.just4tehhalibut wrote:I have a GX fairing and homemade tilting mount that I've used on my Greenspeed, looking for another excuse to take it on a run down Lesmurdie Hill - if Mr Blake wants to take a look. I have a shipment coming from the US for a Windwrap XT for the Bacchetta and a WERX for someone's Easyracer, when these arrive I'm going to be busy making new and improved mounts. And there's the hint: if you're considering a fairing the mount is the most expensive part and the easiest to build in the shed.
A couple of years ago I built a small "bikini" fairing and made a fairly sturdy mount from PVC tubing and hose clamps. The fairing eventually cracked, but the mount still seems to be in working order so I may rebuild the fairing and mount it on the 26" trike (20/26 GTR), then I can put any new fairing on the GTIII.
It gave me a couple of kph extra coasting down Welshpool Road and on the flat I found myself under-geared with a fairly high cadence, so maybe I'll need to get a few extra teeth on the big chain ring with a better fairing.
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby just4tehhalibut » Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:58 pm
Definitely a homebuilt job and possibly not the material that I'd want out in front of me, can't be sure but might be the stiff stuff that shatters into a million little pieces. The GX fairing the OP was asking about can be rolled up for transport, flexes on its mount.
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby just4tehhalibut » Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:27 pm
How about next Sunday 03/02/13 at about 3pm? Perhaps near the corner of Pomeroy and Welshpool Rds? That time of day either has the roaring SW seabreeze or mild SE winds, the latter is preferable on the Lesmurdie run. I'll bring the faired trike with a dinnerplate chainring.Joeblake wrote:If you wish to take a run down from Lesmurdie, I'm quite happy to oblige and go with you. Just set a date.
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Joeblake » Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:55 pm
Will keep an eye of the weather forecast and perhaps we can decide closer to the time.
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby John Lewis » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:45 pm
I always wanted to try something like this. I reckon a couple of paintstripper guns would produce enough heat. Just need to find a source of vivak
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Joeblake » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:57 pm
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Riggsbie » Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:16 pm
Just start saving (or sell a kidney) and get a Mango, you won't regret it
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Joeblake » Mon Jan 28, 2013 11:52 pm
Here's a video of somebody else going down on a DF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al_96eNkd_g" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Another guy going down Welshpool then turning left onto Crystal Brook Road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en ... upXRE&NR=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And then me going down Gooseberry Hill Road on the Greenspeed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRAoa5tzR1I" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
No matter which road you take it would be a fairly long climb in a velo.
There's still Kalamunda Road to film yet. Maybe when the weather cools down.
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Joeblake » Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:21 pm
just4tehhalibut wrote:How about next Sunday 03/02/13 at about 3pm? Perhaps near the corner of Pomeroy and Welshpool Rds? That time of day either has the roaring SW seabreeze or mild SE winds, the latter is preferable on the Lesmurdie run. I'll bring the faired trike with a dinnerplate chainring.Joeblake wrote:If you wish to take a run down from Lesmurdie, I'm quite happy to oblige and go with you. Just set a date.
If you're not under way as yet, just to let you know at 10:22 Sun morning it's 41.8 degrees. About 36 in the shade. I don't think I'll be going outside today.
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby just4tehhalibut » Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:53 pm
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Joeblake » Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:22 pm
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Joeblake » Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:42 pm
Thanks to all for your assistance.
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Baalzamon » Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:47 pm
When I had my fairing I wasn't able to beat my downhill on Jarrahdale RD that I did with my Masi... Missed it by 1kph
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Re: Fairing for Greenspeed
Postby Joeblake » Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:04 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmTi27Et2Yg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
unfortunately, just before the start of the video, I accidentally reset all my computer functions, and couldn't remember what the wheel circumference was. (I'd painted it on the back of the computer for exactly that reason, but part of it wore away when I changed batteries). Worse, about half way down the piece of PVC pipe which carries my computer came loose (it's only a press fit) and bounced down the hill, still attached to the cable. I suspect the cable broke somewhere because when I got home the computer works, but won't show speed.
I know I've gone over 75 km/h down there (80 km/h speed limit), and over a 90 km trip I can do an average speed of about 18.9 kmh. It's over 20 km/h till I hit Welshpool road
Anyway, will keep you posted.
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