Letting a rider behind you know about hazards in the road is a kindness. Yes, they ought to be looking themselves, but sometimes you miss that chunk of rubber or deceased groundhog, and you certainly don't want to hit it. The best way to indicate is to stretch your foot out to the general location of the obstruction, but a gust of wind catching a tired leg at 80 mph can actually hurt.
So, this isn't the worst of hazards on the road, but it serves as an example of what the wind can do to the rider. Cycle Nation's Plexifairing 3 provides the rider with full coverage from the worst of the buffeting breeze. By full coverage I mean it covers your center of mass, your hands, and your legs. That last part is the selling point for the Plexifairing, because most shields don't keep the currents from hitting your pins.
Constructed of a DOT approved high impact acrylic, the Plexifairing has a no-hole QuickSet design. No drilling is required to mount this shield with the ball-socket hardware.
Not to make myself sound decrepit, but I have a bad knee, and I need to stretch it out every now and then during a ride. If I don't have a shield diverting the wind, it puts more stress on that tired old joint than just leaving it on the peg. You might not be so broken as I, but the Plexifairing is a dream come true in wet riding. No more soaked shins! Full coverage for about $200.
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