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Moser was faster on 'similar' material no?
Moser was at altitude* and on blood doping at least, but no tri bars. The big wheel is a marginal gain, and the one he used for 51.151 wasn't big anyway, the big wheels came later for a separate indoor record of 50.644km
Jens had 30 years of training science, frame design and clothing development to help him, plus the tribars which might be worth anything from 1 to 2km in an hour.I was hoping Jens would make the extra few metres and hit 51.151 :-)
*in 1986, he set a separate sea-level record of 48.543km. Although information is sketchy, he may have later improved that to 49.8km, possibly with larger wheels.
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Moser was faster on 'similar' material no? or is the large rear wheel effect that big?