Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record.

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el condor	Post subject: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record. Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:52 am
Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:52 pm Posts: 480 Location: Switzerland	Just read this on cycling news-good to hear that someone is trying again to beat the world hour record. Best of all, it will be done just around the corner of where I live
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mentok	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 1:12 pm
Joined: Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:58 am Posts: 296	awe somes. currently reading Michael Hutchinson's "The Hour" so i'm hooked. i'll be keeping my eyes peeled for dates - that is something i'd love to watch. anyone know any good "hour record drinking games"???
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Weenie	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 1:12 pm
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HillRPete	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 1:45 pm
Formerly known as wassertreter Joined: Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:08 am Posts: 2071 Location: Pedal Square	Drink on left turns. _________________ Bikes: Raw Ti, 650b flatbar CX
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Miller	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 1:54 pm
Joined: Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:54 pm Posts: 695 Location: Reading, UK	Well, let's wait and see. Hour record attempts have a habit of being postponed then cancelled. Cancellara may be a huge talent for road time-trialling but the athlete's hour record, assuming that is what is being proposed, turns out to be a tough proposition and Canc wouldn't want to go into it and fail. Would be good to see the Sosenka record surpassed, his subsequent doping +ve puts a question mark against his ride for me.
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strobbekoen	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:01 am
Joined: Wed May 18, 2005 6:24 pm Posts: 4391 Location: BELGIUM	So the top 3 of the UCI Hour record is: Sosenka 2005 49.700 (but..) Chris Boardman 2000 49.441 Eddy Merckx 1972 49.431 I wonder what bike FC would use if he attempts it. _________________ Latest ride - Bianchi Infinito CV
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el condor	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:59 am
Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:52 pm Posts: 480 Location: Switzerland	I guess he would have to use a Trek
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MattSoutherden	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:30 am
Joined: Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:22 pm Posts: 909 Location: London	Do Trek make good bikes [for the hour record] ? _________________ Snacking on carrot sticks - Where did it all go so wrong? - Finsbury Park CC
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mattyb95	Post subject: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record. Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:56 am
Joined: Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:54 am Posts: 124	MattSoutherden wrote: Do Trek make good bikes [for the hour record] ? Think the bike used has to be of fairly standard construction (like Merckx used) to comply with the UCI rules for the Hour, all modern aero technology is out so Trek would probably have to build something special for it.
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euan	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:59 am
Joined: Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:20 am Posts: 1356	Noone makes good bikes for the Hour. It will have to be custom built and then badged up as a Trek. If you read Michael Hutchinson's account it gives you an idea of what is required to meet the criteria. Hutch also used a skate helmet becuase it was more aero _________________ "Step forward the climber and all those who worship at the altar of lightness" - R. Millar
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MattSoutherden	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:40 am
Joined: Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:22 pm Posts: 909 Location: London	Sorry. My comment was a joke. I thought the 'Do Trek make good bikes?' thing was well known. _________________ Snacking on carrot sticks - Where did it all go so wrong? - Finsbury Park CC
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CarlosFerreiro	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:52 am
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:41 pm Posts: 222 Location: Shetland, Scotland	Also the long position that both Hutch and Boardman ended up with, after aero testing, means a very non-standard frame geometry.
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el condor	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:11 pm
Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:52 pm Posts: 480 Location: Switzerland	I thought it would be allowed to use a uci compliant tt frame just without the extensions? Isnt'it just the extensions that are being banned?
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strobbekoen	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:21 pm
Joined: Wed May 18, 2005 6:24 pm Posts: 4391 Location: BELGIUM	Probably not allowed. The rules say a bicycle 'similar' to the one Merckx used. Up to the UCI to decide what similar is.. Grey area. But most likely a traditional frame. _________________ Latest ride - Bianchi Infinito CV
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euan	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:40 pm
Joined: Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:20 am Posts: 1356	I believe round tubes are specifically mentioned. It has to be similar to the bike Merckx used _________________ "Step forward the climber and all those who worship at the altar of lightness" - R. Millar
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Weenie	Post subject: Re: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:40 pm
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SalsaLover	Post subject: Cancellara will make an attempt on the world hour record. Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:02 pm
Joined: Sat Jun 19, 2010 8:21 pm Posts: 441 Location: Zürich, Switzerland	MattSoutherden wrote: Sorry. My comment was a joke. I thought the 'Do Trek make good bikes?' thing was well known. That's a RBR meme _________________ Hucken The Fard Up ! Colnagos : C50 ST01 - Master 30th AD10 - C40 Mapei WC
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