On Jul 22, 1:27 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote:
> That is, the thread on agressively agressive women riders (perhaps that was
> the boblist), the athletes die young thread, and a general riding around
> thread.
> I was surfing the other day and came across various websites mentioning or
> devoted to Beryl Burton; surely she was one of the 20th century's top
> cyclists? One famous anecdote described how, in 1967, entered in some
> longish time trial -- I forget which distance or time -- she started out at
> the usual tme behind her predecessor, a man, and after an hour or so, she
> passed him, at which point she offered him a stick of liquorice, since "The
> poor dear looked all in." (The other rider politely said, "Ta, luv.") She
> went on to post the best time, beating the fastest man by a considerable
> margin.
>
> Another time trial, this time competing against, inter alia, one of the
> contemporary Tour hopefuls: Garimaldi or Garibaldi or somesuch. She came in
> within five minutes of his time!
>
> And all of this while she was a working mother!
>
> Unfortunately, she died at 58 (gad! just 4 years older than I!) from a heart
> attack while riding.
>
Wow, didn't realize she died so young!
> Curious: would Burton have posted even faster times with crabon frames and
> aero bars?
>
I would say yes! Assuming its a flat time trial, where aero equipment
would be most beneficial, aero equipment like aero bars, wheels and
fancy shaped carbon frames would definitely help! I know this was
discussed to death way back when Greg Lemond rode in the 89 Tour. I
recall one mag, bicycling?, actually figured out how much time he
saved using aero bars, wheels, frame and even helmet. Of course,
Fignon had none of those *advantages,* his choice, and lost by 8
seconds!
So, if all the aero stuff actually helped Greg, why wouldn't it work
for Burton?!
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