Comments on: Holiday links http://bicycledesign.net/2010/12/holiday-links/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=holiday-links The blog about industrial design in the bike industry Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:16:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Andrew http://bicycledesign.net/2010/12/holiday-links/comment-page-1/#comment-22451 Andrew Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:47:59 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/?p=1771#comment-22451 Think what that would do to your handling in either a) a crosswind or b) every time you turned your wheel. You would basically be transforming your front wheel into an aerodynamic rudder that would quickly propel you into the bus in the next lane every time there was a gust of wind.

Non-existent for a reason. Even hardcore triathletes avoid front disc wheels, and that’s on closed, flat, open courses.

]]> By: Ross Nicholson http://bicycledesign.net/2010/12/holiday-links/comment-page-1/#comment-22444 Ross Nicholson Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:29:33 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/?p=1771#comment-22444 I find it odd that streamlined bicycle fenders are not yet available. Fenders should encapsulate the entire wheel except for the traction surface to mitigate aerodynamic drag at the wheels. Really good aerodynamic fenders (out of heat shrink plastic) would cost very little & would be the single most dramatic streamlining speed improvement we could make outside of the rider encompassing velomobile, of course. Doubtless the bicycle imbeciles association would ban them.

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