Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
1 hour 40k used to be the gold standard. As equipment's gotten faster, and training's gotten better, it's no longer a hurculean feat. But you stil have to be a fairly decent rider to crack an hour.
I've done it a few times, and it alwayshurt.
Look at the results from your state championship TT. ALL of them. Calculate how many of the riders broke the hour. State of NJ TT championships: most of the times (I'd say 60%+) are over an hour. And people who participate in such TT's are often GOOD at them - the slower riders often don't go near them. Again, there are 50,000 licensed USCF racers. I'd be surprised if 10,000 people in the US could break the hour. If you can ride that hard, you're pretty fast.