[NMCycling] Mari Holden trivia

[Craig Denman via Bike-racers]

I remember John Frey's first TT record because I spent so much time 
looking at the stenciled 51:57 on the back of his seat tube -- and 
recall the 600-grit sandpaper on all of the tube leading edges placed 
there for the hype of speed.

Craig Denman


On 07/19/2016 03:53 PM, Clay Moseley via Bike-racers wrote:
> 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 
> <bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com <mailto:bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     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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