Bike Hugger 

Veltop cyclist protection
Originally uploaded by richardmasoner.

So Fritz over at Cyclelicious found the Veltop, at right, and wonders whether his readers would ride with something like this.

For me, it seems like a solution in search of a problem. Here in Georgia, the combination of heat radiating off the black fabric and the windows blocking the cooling airflow means it wouldn’t be much help against the sun in the summmer.

Maybe if you’re fighting cold and rain together, it would work better, but it looks like it would produce a lot of extra drag, as well.