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Message started by Capt Colletti on Nov 30^th, 2007, 5:51pm

Title: Tail Sock
Post by Capt Colletti on Nov 30^th, 2007, 5:51pm

I was looking at the Hostel Shoppe site the other day and I was intrigued by pictures of the Tail Sock. It is a fabric fairing for the rear of the bike. Has anybody used anything like this and are they as effective as they claim. The ad states that you can expect an about a 2 - 3 mph increase in speed with the same amount of effort as on an unfaired bike.

Title: Re: Tail Sock
Post by Bud_Bent on Nov 30^th, 2007, 8:08pm

I have a Tailsock on my Nimbus, as shown in this thread (http://spinnerbaker.com/rbent/YaBB.pl?num=1187048437). I bought it as a closeout from Terracycle. I wanted to try it out, and I figured it would also make a nice pattern to follow if I get around to making a full bodysock for the Nimbus, like I've been thinking about doing. I wasn't that keen on the frame setup that everyone seems to use with these, so I built a coroplast box to fill it, instead.

How much good these do is a hotly debated topic. They definitely do make you faster, but I don't think it's nearly as much as Hostel Shoppe and some of the other places claim. From the studying I've done, and my own experience, I think it takes something a lot longer, with a lot more gradual taper to make that kind of difference. I think a 1 mph gain would be closer to what you could expect, depending on the bike.

On a lwb, I don't think they help much at all, unless you also add a front fairing. They really do help with your visibility, and also have a high cool or geek factor, depending on your point of view. YMMV.

Title: Re: Tail Sock
Post by woody on Dec 1^st, 2007, 11:04am

I put one on my rans v26 just to be noticed. NOt really looking for much more mph. Barry

Title: Re: Tail Sock
Post by Tom Nuchols on Dec 1^st, 2007, 3:36pm

I have been thinking about a zipper fairing for my home built clone. I have changed the handle bar to Sun type bar which will be easier to mount to the fairing. Is it worth the money
? My bike weights 42 pounds which I know is very heavy.

Tom

Title: Re: Tail Sock
Post by goldrushdave on Feb 13^th, 2008, 1:42pm

I have a terracycle tail sock for a Bachetta that I could sell you. It has the red/black color.

Let me know if you are still interested.

DCW

Title: Re: Tail Sock
Post by Bud_Bent on Feb 13^th, 2008, 3:07pm

goldrushdave wrote:

I have a terracycle tail sock for a Bachetta that I could sell you. It has the red/black color.

Let me know if you are still interested.

DCW

Is that for the Bacchetta Recurve seat or Euromesh seat?

Title: Re: Tail Sock
Post by aikigreg on Feb 13^th, 2008, 3:15pm

goldrushdave wrote:

I have a terracycle tail sock for a Bachetta that I could sell you. It has the red/black color.

Let me know if you are still interested.

DCW

Dave is the one who sold me the aero, so it's probably for the carbon. I might have snapped it up if I'd know you had it when I was buying the bike form ya!