Fabric wings can cut the aerodynamic drag of a cyclist
If you see a cyclist flying past it may be someone trying out the invention that Robert Sabin of Long Island, New York is patenting round the world (WO 97/39643). He says that cyclists make bicycles inefficient. “They represent around 64 per cent of the aerodynamic drag,” he gripes. Sabin cuts the drag with a tunic which clings tightly to the rider’s stomach and anchors two triangular wings which extend from the shoulder blades. The effect makes the cyclist look like Batman.
