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Retractable Sail Could Give Bikes A Boost Of Wind Power (newatlas.com)
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[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if the wind is coming somewhere from behind – they manually set the CycleWing up within a few minutes.

I think we would only be useful for a very straight ride; it's not like you can tack like a boat.

[–] jcit878@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I guess theoretically it could work as long as you don't have a headwind either directly on you or within the 90 degree front peripheral, but then I'm applying sailing logic which probably doesn't work on the road