tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post6680623492419363145..comments2024-03-28T11:56:48.304-04:00Comments on The Retrogrouch: New Hour RecordBrookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-56780928628635700272015-06-11T18:25:11.639-04:002015-06-11T18:25:11.639-04:00It's interesting to note that Merckx's rec...It's interesting to note that Merckx's record stood for nearly a dozen years: a geologic age in the world of such records. Now the record is falling every month, it seems.<br /><br />I also can't help but to notice that everyone who has broken, or tried to break, the record still looks to Merckx as the "gold standard", if you will. The real question is not whether there ever was, or ever will be, a greater cyclist. Instead, with the proliferation of technology (and, it must be said, more scientific training techniques), the real question is whether we can ever know whether any rider was, or ever will be, better than Merckx.Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-27992563397698049742015-06-10T22:58:54.514-04:002015-06-10T22:58:54.514-04:00It would be neat if the UCI had vintage racing cla...It would be neat if the UCI had vintage racing classifications like they do in motorsports. Athletes riding the tour de france on vintage bikes. Justus Robert Guntherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17636408857672287503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-8401633883855175852015-06-10T08:25:22.108-04:002015-06-10T08:25:22.108-04:00Wiggo or Cancellara on a steel track bike doing ho...Wiggo or Cancellara on a steel track bike doing hour record? I'd probably smile the whole 60 minutes.bleuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01258736517709681495noreply@blogger.com