Talk:Cabin cycle

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[edit] Reduce drag?

I would prefer to remove the line about reducing drag. As far as I know, professional motorcycle racers usually don't add fairing/moulding over the driver. If it did have an impact on drag, it would be used in racing much much more. (and offhand, I've heard some quotes that it's not very useful to try to spend a lot of effort to improve aerodynamics on motorcycles... no matter how you the motorcycle is configured, aerodynamically, it's always just going to be punching a hole in the air, and there's no way to get around that. But I don't remember the source of that information). However, cabins do definitely provide convenience and safety benefits (no helmets, leathers, electric gloves, or rain suits required). --Interiot 16:26, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

I would leave it for these reasons
  • I don't know but suspect that motorcycle racing is constrained by rules that may prohibit additional fairing/moulding. That is the definitely the case in bicycle racing.
  • Full enclosures are definitely used when setting bicycle speed records. All the top speeds are set by fully enclosed vehicles. Check out the examples on [1]
-AndrewDressel 15:02, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
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