Originally Posted by
bonechilling
I doubt it. Presumably, he is chasing after the Merckx record, not the "best human effort" one. If this is the case, the Shiv will be disallowed and he'll be forced onto a bike with round tubing, box-section rims, etc. Then it'll be interesting to see what they come up with for him.
Interesting in what way? The current world record holder only got to screw around with position due to his ginormous height which is a known advantage under the current UCI rules in terms of getting into a nice aero tuck in the drops.
I expect Spartacus to ride a 1980's Shogun road conversion with matching colored knc chain and rims and still break the record by a good 500m or so.
Better yet an inch-pitch setup on his grandpa's track bike and shoes from NOS ebay auction from the 70's.
