eddy@dual.UUCP (Eddy Merckx) (08/12/84)
> From decwrl!decvax!mcnc!akgua!gatech!mark Sat Jul 28 08:29:49 1984 > Received: by decwrl.ARPA (4.22.01/4.7.33) > id AA08599; Sat, 28 Jul 84 06:42:27 pdt > From: decwrl!decvax!mcnc!akgua!gatech!mark > Return-Path: <decvax!mcnc!akgua!gatech!mark> > Received: by decvax.UUCP (4.12/1.0) > id AA26460; Sat, 28 Jul 84 07:48:03 edt > Date: Sat, 28 Jul 84 07:48:03 edt > Message-Id: <8407281148.AA26460@decvax.UUCP> > To: akgua!mcnc!decvax!decwrl!dual!eddy > Subject: Re: Tour de France - stage 21 > References: <705@dual.UUCP> > Status: R > > How's it feel having your 1 hour record broken Eddy? > This was the first time that a rider has been successful in beating the world hour record using less energy than his predecessor. I'm tempted to say that it's almost impossible to compare Moser's record to mine because the bicycles used were so different. All records are made to be beaten and I knew mine would not be eternal. I imagined that a world class rouleur, with special training and using the track at La Paz or any point higher than Mexico City, would have beaten my record. This would have been a triumph of true athletic talent and would have been limited by normal human capcities. But with Moser we have a different phenomenon. It has been calcuated that with a bicycle like the one I used in Mexico City, Moser would have only reached 47.8 kilometers. I reality, the most amazing human exploit was Jacques Anquetil's ride where he used an immense 52x13 for the entire hour whereas Moser use a 57x15. If anything is allowed anything is possible. Eddy