Re: [CR]Merckx hour record bike

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From: "Angel M Garcia" <wa2vuy@mindspring.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Merckx hour record bike
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 11:37:47 -0400


Eddy Merckx "always had 35 bikes available, of which 15 were kept ready for immediate use." From EDDY MERCKX by Rik Vanwalleghem. Not directly related to the discussion about the hour record bike(s) but I thought it was interesting that he would have that many bikes. Angel Garcia Long Valley, NJ
> How many bikes does a person typically ride when they are setting an hour
> record? I would have thought that it would slow someone down to switch
> bikes during the race.
>
> Marcus Helman
> Huntington Woods, MI