When I used to head out on the west coast road into the teeth of a gale, my old little import barely made it up some of the hills against the wind. I finally got a fairing and it made a noticeable difference. As an aside, I recently got some Windjammers for my new van, to put on the 10-inches that stick out the side of the roof rack towers. They are a foil shaped wing, supposed to lend aerodynamics and cut down wind. They look kinda cool, but have made no noticeable difference to noise, etc. (made a difference to my pocket-book, however). DL *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 02 2001 - 23:21:13 PDT
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