[NMCycling] Mari Holden trivia

Tue Jul 19 17:26:54 MDT 2016

And on the bottom of his shoes!

From: Bike-racers [mailto:bike-racers-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Craig Denman via Bike-racers
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 5:21 PM
To: Clay Moseley; Chad Patterson; NM Bike Racers
Subject: Re: [NMCycling] Mari Holden trivia

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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