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Retractable Sail Could Give Bikes A Boost Of Wind Power

Retractable sail could give bikes a boost of wind power

​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.
Ben Coxworth (New Atlas)
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@Sarah Brown @walnutwalrus I’ve been blown off my bike even without a sail!
@Sarah Brown @walnutwalrus
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thankfully the Kickstarter* was a failure (14 backers still raise £2k+ of a £58k goal). Sadly (thankfully?) we do not get to see any (hilarious) videos of unexpected gybeing

* I looked to see whether either of them might have had *any* experience of sailing... they have a diagram at east...

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