Originally Posted by
63rickert
When you can put out 750-800 watts continuously for an hour get back to me.
Eddy Merckx wasn't anywhere in that remote ballpark. Even a really big guy on a fairly upright fit running beefy touring tires could smash Merckx's record if he could put out 800W for an hour.
It's hard to know Merckx's aerodynamic and tire drag with confidence, but my back-of-the-napkin guess for his power is similar to
GhostRider62's.