Cancellara sets sights on hour record
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Cancellara sets sights on hour record
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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.
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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.
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.
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Interesting in that it will be an interesting and cool, custom, one-off track bike made for a rider we all really admire. I can't believe I have to explain this.
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didn't this guy ride his test bike and say it's to unconfortable and decide not to do the hour record?
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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.
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No matter who currently holds it, it'll still be known as the Merckx record.
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it is not quite clear whether he wants to do the merkcx record or the one with aero equipment, since on his website, they are comparing his time in the world championship TT,obviously an aero gear race, to the merkcx record.
the problem is the one with aero equipment race, is that boardman's position was banned, but his record still holds.
the problem is the one with aero equipment race, is that boardman's position was banned, but his record still holds.
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here is a link for more on obree.
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The hour record really shows how absolutely awesome Eddy Merckx was. He set the record in 72 and held it outright until 2000, 28 years, when Boardman beat him by just 10 meters! I would call that almost a draw. Merckx's record wasn't significantly surpassed until 2005, when Sosenka beat him by 269 meters, or a little over 1 lap of an olympic track.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour_record
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour_record
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The hour record really shows how absolutely awesome Eddy Merckx was. He set the record in 72 and held it outright until 2000, 28 years, when Boardman beat him by just 10 meters! I would call that almost a draw. Merckx's record wasn't significantly surpassed until 2005, when Sosenka beat him by 269 meters, or a little over 1 lap of an olympic track.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour_record
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour_record
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Merckx did an amazing job in Mexico City and I can understand why UCI brought these regulations back, but there are some huge advantages in attacking the world record on altitude. I lost the bookmark with the facts. but it seems an hour attempt in Mexico City (or Bolivia, the highest track??) will give you a 1 mile advantage. Can anyone tell me why no attempts were made there lately? Are the tracks in such a bad condition?
Nice to know the extreme low weight of the bike Merckx rode back then. https://www.wolfgang-menn.de/hourrec.htm
Also nice to google the comments by bike builder Ernesto Colnago about this atttempt!
https://prollyisnotprobably.com/2009/...mondays_12.php
Nice to know the extreme low weight of the bike Merckx rode back then. https://www.wolfgang-menn.de/hourrec.htm
Also nice to google the comments by bike builder Ernesto Colnago about this atttempt!
https://prollyisnotprobably.com/2009/...mondays_12.php
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The UCI really needs to re-visit the regulations so shorter riders aren't penalized so heavily, especially WRT to saddle setback.
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Yeah, tell me about it. I'm 5'-3" with a 28" inseam, so I need the morphological exemption to be able to put my saddle in a reasonable position. Fortunately, I don't do the pursuit or TTs, so it's not too big a problem, but I'd definitely be at a disadvantage in that type of event.
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