Hi,
But nobody wants to do it the Merckx way............
Even Boardman did it that way second time
Thats funny because I am sure that Boardman did it on a Merckx bike
I remember the Documentry, I specificlly remember that he had to use flat rims
"All records since 1972, including Boardman's 56.375 km (35.030 mi) in 1996, were downgraded to Best Human Effort. In 2000, Boardman attempted the UCI record on a traditional bike, and rode 49.441 km (30.721 mi), topping Merckx by 10 m (32.8 ft), an improvement of 0.02%."I am sure Boardman had a steel frame too
In my eyes Boardman was the last on traditional bike............
Note: Type of record: (a) UCI unified record (from 2014), (b) UCI hour record (until 2014), (c) UCI best human effort (1972–2014).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour_record