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===Road test=== | ===Road test=== | ||
The roof has met or exceeded all my expectations. The tig-welded frame and plastic windscreen/roof combo has proved light and stiff enough to make almost no change to the handling of the bike. The mounting points have proved more than strong enough to hold the frame steady, even through the roughest potholes that London can throw at it. There are no rattles from the frame at all. | The roof has met or exceeded all my expectations. The tig-welded frame and plastic windscreen/roof combo has proved light and stiff enough to make almost no change to the handling of the bike. The mounting points have proved more than strong enough to hold the frame steady, even through the roughest potholes that London can throw at it. There are no rattles from the frame at all. | ||
Visibility is still very good, the frame tubes and wiper arms do not obstruct sightlines. The eye-level rear view mirrors dramatically improve your awareness of vehicles behind you, which is essential when you are going through London rush-hour traffic. | Visibility is still very good, the frame tubes and wiper arms do not obstruct sightlines. The eye-level rear view mirrors dramatically improve your awareness of vehicles behind you, which is essential when you are going through London rush-hour traffic. I have seen a bit of scratching on the perspex from the windscreen wiper, we'll see how my it degrades over time and if we can polish out scratches to increase the life of the windscreen. | ||
Apart from the very heaviest rain, you only need to operate the windscreen wiper on an intermittent basis. Until I wire the foot switch to operate the intermittent wipe function I am just switching the wiper on for a single wipe to clear when necessary. I have found that the London roads are too rough to have the windscreen on all the time, as there is too much bounce when going over potholes. | |||
I have found that there is an element of misting of the plastic windscreen on cold mornings when there is a lot of dew around, it takes a while for this to clear even if you use the windscreen wiper as it reforms. I'm considering fitting a small electric fan to help clear the condensation, perhaps try a prototype to judge effectiveness, and then create a permanent mounting if it works well. | |||
