Originally Posted by
canklecat
Nobody who knows the sport really believes anyone now could beat Merckx in a Merckx-class one-hour attempt, standard drop bar bike, no skinsuit, aero helmet, etc.
Merckx: 49,432 meters.
Chris Boardman (track bike with conventional bars, etc.): 49,441
meters (9 meters further!).
Ondrej Sosenka (ditto): 49,700 meters.
Sosenka with aero helmet, etc., gained about 250 meters in an hour; Merckx in the same outfit might have equaled Sosenka's distance, of course.
Sosenka during his hour attempt:
Last edited by Trakhak; 07-09-21 at 04:57 AM.