Originally Posted by
Maelochs
Except, of course, that flexibility on a track and in steady-state riding (even at massive power output) is nothing at all like road riding---smooth track, smooth pedalling, minimal longitudinal acceleration ...... nothing like sprinting, or climbing at max power ..... so your data input is a meaningless as anyone else's.
So far this whole thread is basically, "Yes, because I said so .... No, because I said so" repeated continually.
By the way ... maybe if he had been riding a modern Merckx bike that hour record would be significantly faster.
Merckx did first kilo in 1:12. Try doing that, then tell me about steady state riding. Would also note here that for the way he was trained and the way racers rode back then Merckx was massively overgeared to be accomplishing such a quick first kilo.