Francesco Moser's 1984 Hour Record Bike | GCN Racing Retro Pro Bikes
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- It was 1984 when Francesco Moser, and a team of engineers, focussed on beating Eddy Merckx's Hour Record. This futuristic looking Moser, complete with a massively curved seat tube and chromed out finish, saw Moser break Merckx record in 1984, and looks ahead of it's time even today!
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LOVE!! This BIKE!! His Brother(who is a Priest) was at the Church I've been to and next to where I grew up! (Toronto)... I'm Italian and between him and Greg Lemond Inspired me to start my cycling Journey and lost 72lbs when I was 13-14 years old in 1989 and !990! I LOVED THE DOUBLE DISC'S !!!
Cranking a 108 inch gear for an hour at 100 rpm... on that beast of a bike, wow. Love the details and presentation. I remember 84 but funny how compared to today's bikes it looks like 100 years ago. Well done GCN.
Been debating polished vs. matte for me next bike and this just clinched it for polished. Beautiful!
That was a really innovative back for the time. I remember that record. Francesco Moser was a great champion.
Moser build better bike than others!!! Moser not against sea level world Record in 1984 48093 meters( Moser 47500 shape in 1984) Merckx hour record 49,441km alltitude ( Moser 48,8km shape in 1984!) Moser his 51,1km was a weak Record! If Moser were a runner The result 27:30 10000 meters! The Doper Martti Vainio did run The Finnish Record 27:30,9 in 1978!! The Russian KUTS RUN 13:35 5000 meters The World Record in 1957! Jacques Anquetil rode ride The weak hour Record 46,159km in 1957! Kuts was better=13:35 5000 meters means 46,7km hour record! The medical Professors help Moser in 1984!!!!! The Pro Cyclists Are NOT THE BEST GREATEST ATHLETES!!! You Have Been brainwashed!!!!!
Moser with normal bike 47,5 km sea level!! 48,8km in Mexico without The disc wheel bike!!!
Doping cyclist Franseco Moser build better bike than others and rode weak poor hour record 51151 meters in 1984! If Moser was a 10000 meter runner then The result 27:45 and World record was 27:13! Jacques Anquetil rode weak poor hour record 46159 meters in 1957! Long distance runners were better! Kuts run 5000 meter WR 13:35 in 1957! Kuts was close 46800 meter shape! Crazy lunatic cycling broadcasters claiming wrongly that pro doping cyclists are the toughest and Best! It is only western Europe probaganda! Get rid Off Paris Olympics because Doping Tour de France and biggest false lie probaganda the doping cyclist are the toughest!!
Francesco won the Paris- Roubouix 3 times on the trot. Grande Legende !
That's not all he was on. LOl
Could you do the CCCP ‘Takhion’ track bike, that was another beautiful machine from the steel era
More vintage please.
We've got a few more in the works!
love these retro vidyas
Nice gem :)
Magnificant. don't forget the Moser rode outdoor for his record. Now everything is inside and temp controled. what a ride on a fantastic looking bike. Can GCN get hold of his large rear wheel bike? I remember it being at track nationals in Leicester UK
That’s an incredibly high gear for a whole one hour. I never knew. Thanks for sharing this. ❤️
His Thought's on Aero vs weight! Is now the idea behind the Cervelo S5... When someone is stronger getting up to weight and keeping it there is a better theory to employ normaly(if you're not doing serious hills/mountains...
Vintage blood doping too
beat me to it!
Exactly - you need an asterisk next to the name of any rider associated with Conconi and his merry band of disciples.
but not banned at the time as it was so new
Blood doping wasn’t illegal at the time.
I remember when he did that. I always liked the classic pic descending with Bernard Hinault side by side. Has anyone done the math with what kind of watts Moser needed given his weight and speed/ watts per kilogram? I bet they were big numbers.
Too short- I wouldve liked more comparative detailed analysis of his ride compared to eddy's as well as obrees old faithful/ boardmans lotus and others.
it is pretty sad to see how damaged the bike appears today
Great! Breakthrough bike. On a side note, I believe he prepared for the ride training together with the legendary time trialist and Bianchi team rider Knut Knudsen. A powerful rider much in the same style.
Innovative to say the least.
I heard that when Merckx saw Moser's bike, he exclaimed, "I could come out of retirement, train for a couple of months and beat the new record using that bike!"
It looks like it's been in the back of a shed for 40 years. 2:56 for its original glory :)
Aero!…who stuck stickers on, how many watts lost is that? 😃
Where is the bike now? Can it be seen?
You need a lot more detail to this story...Logos/Ambrosio, Dal monte/AVAC aeroplane, track preparation, saddle fabrication and so on and so on....
retro tech. frame design based on very little. RIDER SET THE RECORD.
Beautiful bike, fat more sexy than Matt carbon overpriced crap.
The bike is so far different to what Merckx rode, and Merckx bike is not like what those rode before him. Shame the hour record can’t be used to compare cyclists from different times.
Why would you?? Then- doping was allowed and accepted between cyclists, you could literally use any kind of bike and equipment you wanted, there wasnt altitude training, velodromes were mainly if not all open spaces, etc.
Interesting statement. I'm sure fans of Coppi raised a stink when Eddy set his record. "lighter bike and Eddy rode at altitude....if Fausto had that stuff, he could have cracked 50". Trying to compare athletes in any sport across eras is the number one cause of bar fights the world over.
This record is not just about the rider but also about innovation. I think they should award it to teams instead of riders alone.
@@JMcLeodKC711 you sure it isn't religion?
Rather be seen on a bmx
The frame is chrome plated, not polished. The tubes are fillet brazed, not welded. What effect did the 28" rear wheel have on the gear inches? Why is the seat tube curved? Please get a real expert.
Back then when there were no wind-tunnel or high-tech materials we have today, lots of "innovations" were born out of imagination, and of course, trail-n-error. The effect on gear ratio, however, I'd imagine it was figured in. 53x13 was common top gear on road bikes then - with a 28" wheel, it's like 55x13 on a 27" wheel. Wow, I loved Moser; his style and fighting spirit!
You sound fun....
@@Tangoko math is easy typical road bike max gearing for me in the 1970s. 52 gear front, 14 rear, 27 inch wheel = 52 x 27 / 14 = 100.3
So in this case:
53 x 28/13 = 114.15 inches (not 108)
a 53 x 27 / 13 would be 110
if he had used 54 x 27/13 it would have been 112.2 inches. I could not push over 100 inches, so i am not going to say what was best
28" & 700c are the same
@@prowrench7989 700c is just slightly smaller than 27" The rear wheel was oversized with custom made tires
21cm of drop to the handlebar is not "whopping", a drop bar road bike will have 28-30cm, even with compact bars.
Interesting! We typically see most pro bikes these days be somewhere between 10-15cm - who's have you seen with 30cm?!
@@gcnracing My racing bike from top of saddle to drops is 30cm. I'm 198cm tall, ride a 61cm frame with a -20 stem and fizik deep drop Cyrano bars.
@@gcnracing Are you comparing to the drops of road bars? That's typically a lot more than 15cm for most pros. 20cm to 30 cm seems more typical in the pro ranks for the top of the saddle to the drops of the handlebars