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: Frankie Moser's Hour Record(*BIG SPOILER*) Message-ID: <1019@druxj.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 16:02:56 EDT Article-I.D.: druxj.1019 Posted: Wed Jun 26 16:02:56 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 06:56:09 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 33 So old Frankie Moser set a new hour record not once but, twice last year. The REAL story is not the weight of his equipment(as some misguided netter would like you to believe) but, the AERODYNAMICS of the bicycle, wheels et. al. To be sure, the disk wheels now in use in International racing are heavy(some weigh as much as 6 lbs.) but, the decrease in wind resistance afforded OUTWEIGHS the disadvantage of the heavier weight over conventional wheels. Give Frankie a conventional pair of spoked wheels that weigh six pounds and we'll see who breaks the hour record. BTW, as far as energy expenditure is concerned, Freddy Bracke, who set the SEA LEVEL hour record in 1967, rates as the fastest of all time. Both Big Eddy and Little Frankie went farther but they were at ~7000 feet so less wind resistance and easier pedaling. As far as Frankies 1984 season is concerned, sure he won Milan San Remo, but, his Giro D'Italia victory was dubious at best. About the only people not paid off were a couple of tourists from Norway who happened to be watching stage 14. Also, Moser's fans literally pushed him up the climbs (the press called it the "Moser train"). Not to mention that he used his disk wheels in both individual time trials and still only beat Laurent Fignon by a minute and a half. So, lets seperate the weight related item from the aerodynamic ones. Bruce Hildenbrand ihnp4!druxj!bhilden