[NMCycling] Mari Holden trivia

[Clay Moseley via Bike-racers]

John Frey once held the national record at around 52:00 early in his career
with RGRT.  I remember when it was still above the 50:00 mark around 1987
or so, then came the "fast years" from 1988 to recent.  I think Kent was
the first one to go sub-50 with his Ten-Speed Drive Guercotti, and within a
year he got that down to 48:44 or so, when Frey did his thing in 1990
(47:35?).  On that same day, Kent also went 47:40-something.  I only recall
one other person going sub-48 on the Moriarty course, and that was Colby
Pearce with his high-dollar Lotus and Superman position.  In recent years,
it seems that the 50:00 minute barrier has become harder to break.

All that being said, I think the Brits were the first ones to make the
25-mile time trial a famous distance that was focused on for speed
records.  Our times compare closely with theirs, but it wasn't until
Boardman came along that the 47-minute barrier was broken.  Then there was
a string of them as well.

Anyway, back to your original question, Mari Holden's time is pretty
killer.  Many top-level (Pro/Cat-1) men can't time trial that fast on an
equitable course with the same conditions.  That time will stand for a
while.




On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Chad Patterson via Bike-racers <
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> Can anyone tell me the last time a 51:36 would've been the outright winner
> of Record Challenge?  I'm just looking for something that will illustrate
> to the average sports fan how ridiculously fast that is.
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