1" = 2.54 cm. So your numbers are approximately right.
One wonders why quite a few super-champion cyclists were tall
compared to their compatriots: Coppi, Koblet, Merckx, Hinault (? was
he tall?), Indurain. Of course, there were others who were of average
height... but being tall does not seem to pose a handicap in cycling.
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Jan Heine, Seattle
Editor/Publisher
Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
http://www.mindspring.com/
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>Does that 1m85 - 1m87 convert to 6' 3/4" to 6' 1 5/8"?
>Stevan Thomas
>Alameda, CA