Originally Posted by
jet sanchEz
I think the UCI realized that this bike was silly and that there would be no limit to how crazy you could make that back wheel so they retro'd the rules to make it a rule that the wheels have to be the same size, so Eddy's record still stands
That's not entirely true. The UCI split the record up into the "UCI Hour Record" and "UCI Best Human Effort," with the Hour record requiring a bike with traditional geometry and traditionally spoked wheels (and probably a few more rules), while moving all of Mosers' crazy-ass bikes to the "Best Human Effort" category.
Also, the record hasn't stood since 2000, when it was bested by Chris Boardman, and then again in 2005 by Ondřej Sosenka. Which reminds me...
