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interestingly I actually did ask Eddie MKS once at a campan YOLO function whether or not he wished he’d had compact gears and he said when I was cist I didn’t need a compact actually I reckon he’d have gone quicker if he’d had one I didn’t say it to his face it’s Ed bloody MKS but that’s what I was thinking
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17件のコメント
I agree with Eddy! His legs were his bloody compact gears, mate!!
In his eyes, only sissies need compact gears.😂
What's the point in compact, just change out of the big ring
eddy merckx came to the bikeshop for all his bikes where i lived in brustem. he used alot of doping tho xD
i believed that me dad also said that eddy once came to our farm and help gave birth to a little cow
Is that a gravel bike?
Gear inches are gear inches, regardless of how you obtain it, big chainring + larger cogs is same as smaller ring + smaller gears, a compact crank on its own is not going to make you go faster
Well look at the young man teaching his elders how to ride. You don't know what he had in his legs back then…
Amphetamines yes, compact gears no, what a ridiculous question!
Pharmaceuticals are better than compact gears
A compact is a mirror women use for doing their make up 🤣
Old school pro cyclists averaged 55-75 rpms on long mountain climbs, in lowest gear 42t/24t – 46". Conversely modern day cyclists average 75-95 rpms on the same climbs in lowest gear 36/28 – 34".
EPO (which wasn't available during Merckx's era) works best at higher RPMs.
compact sucks … once you get up to top speed you will be spun out and left in the DUST!
He didn't need gears full stop.
I'm also still trying to figure out the purpose of a 1 x
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Merckx had the right physiology to dominate on the bikes of his time. He could climb the mountains in an incredibly high gear. I am not sure how many of today's pro could match him on bikes of that time. Looking the other way around, I don't know if his physiology would win with today's bikes and team tactics.
When I was in the inside the industry we frequently run into each other. One day we sat near each other in a flight from a Vegas trade show to Europe. The fight was pretty empty so I went by to say hello. He always wondered who I worked for and before long he wanted me to hook him up with Panaracer for tires. I was stunned when we traded business cards cause his card was Massively Big, as if it was a Joke. But nope, it was his actually his norm card. I still have it. He was very nice and he asked a lot of questions about what I did cause he always saw me everywhere as I worked for the Japan Group back then. Nice person.