Kungani amaqembu egqoke izigqoko ze-TT emijahweni yomgwaqo?

Unyaka ka-2024 kungase kube unyaka kadrako ku-zodiac yaseShayina, kodwa ekuhambeni ngebhayisikili, kubonisa ukuthi kuwunyaka wesigqoko sokuzivikela se-aero.

Kakade, sesibonile izitayela ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe zivela phezu kwamakhanda abagibeli, ikakhulukazi isigqoko sokuzivikela esisha sendlebe sika-Kask, kanye nokuchitheka kwezivalo zesikhathi ku-peloton.
Kuleli sonto, eVolta ao Algarve, abagibeli be-Uno-X Mobility bebegqoke inguqulo engakhishiwe yesigqoko sokuzivikela se-Tucker TT, esenziwe uhlobo lwaseNorway lwe-Sweet Protection. Lokhu kulandela ngemuva kokuthi abagibeli be-EF Education-EasyPost bebonwe behlangene ku-Tour Down Under begqoke izigqoko ezintsha ze-POC, ezifana kakhulu ne-Procen TT yomkhiqizo.
Ngokusho kukachwepheshe we-aero oyisakhamuzi sakwa-Uno-X, uCasper von Folsach, isizathu salo mkhuba silula: Kukhona inzuzo “ebalulekile” ye-aero.
Ukusetshenziswa ngaphakathi bekulokhu kukhuphuka, ngokugxila okukhulayo nokuqonda kwe-aerodynamics phakathi kwabagibeli, ”kusho uVon Folsach etshela i-Cycling Weekly.
“Inzuzo ye-aero nakanjani engingayibiza ibalulekile,” eqhubeka. “Ngicabanga ukuthi akumangazi ukuthi kungenxa yentuthuko ye-aerodynamic ngaphezu kwendawo yethu yonke – kanye nesigqoko sokuzivikela esilula nesinomoya kangcono – i-Falconer 2Vi. Uma umjaho, ikakhulukazi izimo zemvelo zikuvumela, [uTucker] uyisigqoko esisheshayo.”
UVon Folsach wachaza ukuthi, ngokwesilinganiso, isigqoko sokuzivikela sikhiqiza ukuthuthukiswa okungaba ngu-0.006m² ku-CdA, isilinganiso sokudonsa kwe-aerodynamic. Incane, kodwa ngokwenyuka kwesivinini esimaphakathi ku-pro peloton, inzuzo iba nomthelela kakhulu.
“Uma kuwumkhuba okwamanje, kumele sibe ngabahleli bangempela,” kusho uVon Folsach. “Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi saqala ngawo umjaho womgwaqo ngo-2019, noma okungenani ngo-2020. Kodwa lokhu kungenzeka ukuthi bekusemijahweni emincane nakubagibeli abangaziwa.”
E-Volta ao Algarve yangonyaka odlule, u-Alexander Kristoff we-Uno-X wayegqoke isigqoko se-TT esingasasebenzi, wasigibelela ukuze anqobe i-sprint. Manje, ukusetshenziswa kwezigqoko ze-TT kusakazeke kakhulu phakathi kweqembu, nabagibeli abakhetha bona esiteji sezintaba ngoLwesine.
Eqinisweni, isigqoko sokuzivikela se-Tucker esisetshenziswe i-Uno-X kule sizini siyimodeli entsha, engakhishiwe, othintana naye ku-Sweet Protection evezwe ku-Cycling Weekly. Yakhiwe eduze nabagibeli be-Uno-X, futhi ivumelanisa inguqulo ekhona ye-TT kancane ngokuyenza ibe lula futhi isuse i-visor.
I-Sweet Protection ichaza i-Tucker 2Vi entsha “njengesigqoko sokuzivikela somgwaqo esiphezulu esingashiyi isikhala sokuyekethisa”. Izotholakala kubathengi maphakathi no-March.
Ukukhishwa okusha kuza ngonyaka ngemuva kokuba uhlobo lwaseNorway lube sematheni ngesivalo salo se-Redeemer 2Vi TT, esafaniswa ngobuhle nesigebengu se-Star Wars uDarth Vader. Lesi kuzoba isigqoko sokuqala seqembu ngesikhathi sokuzama ukuya phambili.