Originally Posted by
cat0020
Chris Boardman was also a cyclist with decades of racing/training experience (competed in the Tour de France but never finished), Chris Boardman was much younger than Sean Costin when he attempted the hour record.
So what exactly is this record? It's obviously not who went the farthest around a track on a bike in 1 hour, since Boardman went much farther. Is this an unfaired recumbent record? I would think that the recumbent would offer much better aeodynamics than the upright so have an advantage. If so, that makes the record kind of lackluster. Yeah, it's way way faster than I could do. But it seems like touting a jet airplane doing 180 mph, while a prop plane does 225. The recumbent isn't restricted to UCI specs. So you would think opening up requirements to ride any kind of bike you like (ie a lowracer), would allow for a faster record than a bike that has to meet UCI specs.