Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site proper.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!proper!geoff From: geoff@proper.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: New hour record set by Moser Message-ID: <987@proper.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 05:41:41 EST Article-I.D.: proper.987 Posted: Tue Feb 7 05:41:41 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 02:26:01 EST Organization: Proper UNIX, San Leandro, CA Lines: 8 For those of you who care, Velo-News reports that Francesco successfully attacked Eddy Merckx's long-standing hour record in Mexico City recently. Riding a $35,000 bicycle on a cement track that had been coated with varnish to smooth it, Moser covered 50.8 kilometers in the hour, 1.4 more than the older record. Moser also broke the 5 Km and 10 Km records in the process. Incidentally, Moser also said that if Merckx had had the benefit of modern technology, he would have gone over 51 Km...