Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site druxj.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!drutx!druxj!bhilden From: bhilden@druxj.UUCP (HildenbrandBE) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: RE: RE: Frankie Moser's Hour Record(*DEFINITE NON_SPOILER*) Message-ID: <1020@druxj.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Jul-85 17:39:27 EDT Article-I.D.: druxj.1020 Posted: Fri Jul 5 17:39:27 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jul-85 10:47:24 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 23 Some of us know, others think so! I guess I have to ruin this reply with some FACTS. *********FACTS ON*********** Several of my friends have ridden the Giro D'Italia and have witnessed Mr. Moser being pushed up the hill in short bursts by spectators. They have also seen members of his team physically restrain other riders while climbing. ********FACTS OFF*********** Hey, look. I am not saying that your idol, Frankie Moser, isn't a great bike racer heck, the guy won a World Championship and 3 Paris Roubaixs, etc. However, its pretty clear to myself and a few other bike persons that his hour record is TAINTED by the use of Aerodynamic wheels, which BTW make a very big difference. Moser only broke the record by about 2% and I bet the Aerodynamic wheels were greater than a 2% advantage. If the wheels didn't make that much difference then why did he use them? Bruce Hildenbrand