51.840 kilometers!

Autographed photo of Francesco Moser adopting Graeme Obree’s riding style for an Hour Record attempt in 1994.

At this point, Chris Boardman was the Hour Record holder with 52.270 km. Moser, who previously held the Hour Record for about 9 years and was the first Hour rider to break 50 km, did not set a new record — though he did beat Graeme Obree’s previous record of 51.596 km set in 1993.

A few months after this photo was taken, Obree reclaimed the Hour Record — riding 52.713 km. His riding position was banned by the UCI a couple weeks later.

A great find from Bici Crono via HM7’s Tumblr.

Why does this look strangely familiar?

Christopher Robin’s newest project is an homage to Old Faithful — Graeme O’Bree’s infamous home-brewed bike on which he slaughtered the Hour Record.

Here’s what Chris Robin says about his creation:

« I just want to let you in on my latest project.
Next year I’ll be doing a pretty serious attempt on the hour. My plan is to go at least 42km.
And I will do it an a home made bike in the Obree position.
The whole project is like a homage to him. On the pictures you can see the balsa wood core that will later be draped with carbon fiber. It features a mono blade fork. super narrow handlebar and a 40mm wide bottom-bracket. And of coures the Specialized trispoke wheels.
As soon as the is finished I will do the first test run on the only velodrome in Sweden which is located in a small town called Falun, about three hours from Stockholm. »

Found on Milano Fixed.

Francesco Moser — breaking 50kph in 1984.

Cycling Art Blog posted a really cool article about Moser breaking Merckx’s Hour Record and the bike he did it on.

Check it out here.

“Merckx - The Hour”