[NMCycling] Mari Holden trivia

[paul via Bike-racers]

...and the alibaba face mask, gigantic spoke protector (disk wheel 
precursor), Schwinn Ashtabula forks, 12 spokes(?), ...

On 07/19/2016 05:26 PM, Craig M. Doolittle via Bike-racers wrote:
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> And on the bottom of his shoes!
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> *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
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> 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
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> On 07/19/2016 03:53 PM, Clay Moseley via Bike-racers wrote:
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>     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.
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>     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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