...rode before legions of adoring fans. Major Taylor set world records and beat all comers while many of the race fans screamed insults and other riders tried to sabotage him, all the while knowing there was a 50/50 chance the race promoter would cheat him out of his winnings.
Its very hard to compare riders of different eras.
tcs
Quite!
It's funny how this post was pretty much comparing Merckx era racers to the present, and the 30-40 year gap in equipment. But if you think about the bikes being ridden in the early 70's, they were at least as advanced over what was being being ridden in the pre-war era as the bikes of today are over the 70's equipment.
So were those guys better that the guys in the 70's? Tougher in certain ways for sure, but not stronger or better racers if you ask me.
You C&V guys just need to accept that are some things that are ok about the present
