Concept Bikes & Bike Innovation - for better or worse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqywL9PkM2s

Hope it acts as an airbag once you're blown off the side of a mountain.

If you leave the straps loose, it can swing around and make you more aero to crosswinds

What is it? Needs a link to more info or something.

https://ramairfairing.com/pages/raf-1-pioneering-bike-backpack

I cannot wait to see one of them on the CS6

I couldn't make any sense from the text/descriptions. By the end I was wondering if I was having a stroke:

The front "Display Module" dissipates heat when in "Sandwich" mode, creating a seamless airflow pathway with the Switch, keeping temperatures in check during intense gameplay.

Turns out they're just lifting text from elsewhere (in the above case, a video game peripheral). Strong look.

Am often in sandwich mode.

just lifting text from elsewhere

I wonder where this section came from

With just a quick strap-on, you'll immediately feel the difference

Is it the first of April already?
Must be nice with side winds

Lol!

Yaw angle data TBC.

How the fuck is that meant to reduce drag? I initially thought it was a sort of sail to massively increase drag for training. Like when you see people running around with mini parachutes strapped to their backs.

How the fuck is that meant to reduce drag?

By filling the void behind the body, which is usually full of turbulent flow, with a fuselage which converges the downstream flow smoothly. It's both a very old idea and the subject of considerable controversy in domestic time trialling.

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The human hornet. Nice.

Yaw angle data TBC

Looks flexible enough to weathercock into the ideal position regardless

You can't order one because it's 'sold out'. Yeah right.

Will there be people cheating on the New Oxford St Sportive by riding in a chain gang and wearing the RAF1?

Camelbak marketed their rucksacks as providing and aerodynamic advantage through being a fairing back in the day.

Wasn't really sure where to put this, but decathlon has 'invented' two part SPD-SL cleats. The idea being that when you replace them you remove the front and fit the front, then remove the back and fit the back. This means your new cleats are in the same position as the old ones.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/shimano-spd-sl-compatible-cleats/_/R-p-308451?mc=8553909

I wonder if this is more to get around Shimano patents (or something) on cleats...?
Or maybe not

That's quite clever - if they stay in place and work as well as the proper cleats do.

I assumed as much too. But as @hippy says, if it works it’s pretty smart

This means your new cleats are in the same position as the old ones.

Oh, so just like Keo Memory Clip, but worse? 🙂

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