Although there's nothing like cycling with a good tailwind, your bike and your body are only capable of catching a limited amount of that wind. The CycleWing was designed to help, acting as – you guessed it – a sail for your bike.
@ajlanes@walnutwalrus I should also mention that in a sailboat with a keel, the further you tip, the greater the righting moment from the keel under gravity gets. This is because a sailboat is bottom heavy and the secondary stability increases the further it goes from vertical.
On a bike, the opposite is true: you are top heavy. What the wind starts, the weight of the rider will finish.
@ajlanes @walnutwalrus I should also mention that in a sailboat with a keel, the further you tip, the greater the righting moment from the keel under gravity gets. This is because a sailboat is bottom heavy and the secondary stability increases the further it goes from vertical.
On a bike, the opposite is true: you are top heavy. What the wind starts, the weight of the rider will finish.
Say hello to the cheesegrater tarmac.