Originally Posted by
hairnet
People used to do 30 with just drops, exposed brake cables, what have you old bike stuff. pain
"Alfred Robert Engers, better known as Alf Engers was the first British Time Trialist to record a time under 50 minutes for the 25 mile distance. (40.23 Km.)
He did this phenomenal ride on August, 5th 1978, in a time of 49 minutes and 24 seconds. This meant that he averaged 30.36 mph (48.87 Kmph.) for the distance.
A measure of the greatness of this ride was that this record stood for 13 more years.
One also has to realize that this record was set in an era when there were no disc wheels, aero bars, skin-suits and aerodynamic helmets. Even to this day, there are only a handful of riders who can manage a sub fifty minute ride for 25 miles.
Alf Engers was no youngster when he set this record; he was 38 years old with a career that had spanned almost two decades."
http://davesbikeblog.squarespace.com...ts-in-the-past
