So far I've only watched the video on The Hour; very interesting stuff! Amazing that 28 years after Merckx got the record it was bested by Boardman by a mere ten metres (in the "athletes hour"). Goes to show how amazing Eddy's record was, especially when one considers how much training techniques and science have developed in that time span.
Also consider that Merckx did his hour after his back injury. He always said he was never the same after the accident and felt that be could have gone farther in his hour were he not plagued with back pain. At some point I'll have to go look at Vickie's thighs. Until then I'll have to (again) congratulate you Brits on ~owning~ the road and especially the velodrome at the Olympics. Most impressive! Nice to see Kenny come out of Hoy's shadow (and beat a monster like Bauge no less!). And I was thrilled to see Sir Chris win one more gold in the keirin. Great stuff! cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bob W <[email protected]> Sent: August 10, 2012 8/10/12 To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> Subject: OT: British thighs are the Envy of the World I am a member of the CTC (Cyclists' Touring Club), who send me a weekly newsletter email. In this week's they have included a piece with some links about what lies behind Victoria Pendleton, which some of the Hoy-polloi on the list might find interesting: <http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/engineering-and-tech nology/the-science-behind-the-bike?> B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
