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Graeme Obree set an hour record of 51.596 kilometres on 17 July 1993, at the Vikingskipet velodrome in Norway.
He later took a new record on 19 April 1994, riding 52.713 kilometres in the hour at Bordeaux. |
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Old Faithful hanging on the wall. |
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Another perspective. |
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Yet another perspective. |
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Close-up of the shoes directly affixed to the pedals axles. No clipless here !
Notice how the cranks have been ground down, presumably to save weight, reduce the 'Q' and reduce the frontal area. |
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Narrow cranks, narrow bottom bracket = narrow 'Q'. This is probably the famed washing machine bearing that received a lot of press coverage. |
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Rear axle - another ingenious design component. |
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View from the rear - pretty minimalist, eh ? |
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Superman bars - does the UCI ever like anything new and inventive ? |
