Ready for paint

All the little stuff is now in place, so Brian's bike is now ready to go off to the paint shop. I grabbed few snapshots to share...

Greatest Ride Ever?

I found this article from an early 1990's magazine, recounting Eddy Merckx' 1972 hour record. This record stood for many years, until advances in aerodynamics trumped athletic achievement. UCI, the governing body of cycling finally put a stop to the arms race, demoting all record breaking attempts since the Merckx record to be recategorized as "best human effort". After this change all attempts at the hour record were to be on a Merckx-like machine. In 2000 Chris Boardman "pimped" this ultimate ride by a mere 10m...otherwise the original Merckx record would still stand.

A good read:
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Benelux/Merckx/Merckx_hour_B-guide_1.htm