Anthony.R.Brown
Active Member
The {MTAF} Modern Technology Advances Formula,makes it possible to make a Thread like this,and a maybe a few more will follow 
I am giving the {MTAF} again below for anyone who has never seen it.
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Modern Technology,Aerodynamic Carbon Frames,Tri Bars,Carbon Disk Wheels,Tri Disk Front Wheels,Aerodynamic Helmet.
Below is The Cycling TT Modern Technology Advantage Formula... {MTAF}
A = Based on (Chris Boardman using a {MTAF} Track bike with a distance of 56.375 km)
B = and (Chris Boardman using a Normal Track bike with a distance of 49.441 km)
C = The Advantage difference in Km
D : 1 Hour/60 Minutes
E : The Advantage in Minutes
(A : 56.375 km) - (B : 49.441 km) = (C : 6.934 km)
(D : 60) / (C : 6.934 km) = (E : 8.65301413326)
Then...
(E : 8.65301413326) / (D : 60) = 0.144216902221 (for every Minute a rider,rides using a {MTAF} bike
Example if a rider rides for 60 Minutes then we calculate...
60 x 0.144216902221 = 8.65301413326 Minutes Advantage.
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So for anyone who has been living on the Planet No! Cycling
for the last 50 years or so and have never heard of Eddy Merckx ?
Many consider Eddy Merckx to not only be the finest rider of his generation, but also the finest rider in the history of professional cycle racing.
The Belgian won pretty much everything there was to win – and often many times over. From Grand Tours to Classics, Merckx amassed a total of 525 victories in a career that spanned the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s.
In the mountains, on the flat, in sprints, on the cobbles – whatever the terrain, ‘The Cannibal’ showed no weakness. Merckx belongs to an elite club of riders who have won the Tour de France five times, and he holds the record for the most Tour stage wins: 34. He also won the Giro d’Italia five times, and the Vuelta a España once.
Merckx conquered every major one-day race, with victories in Paris-Roubaix, Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, the Tour of Lombardy and the world championships.
Merckx’s involvement with cycling continued after his retirement from racing in 1978, with his eponymously-named bicycle company, his involvement with race organisation and as an ambassador for the sport.
For a list of Merckx’s victories, visit the Eddy Merckx Rider Profile page below...
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/...25.124300378.1614792206-1318114807.1614792206
And the Wiki link...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Merckx
Back to this Thread what I am sure we would all like to know is just how Fast Eddy could have gone using all the latest Modern Technology Advances ?
And for that I will give the best comparison I can think of using his Hour Record time,converted using {MTAF} compared to the Best Human Effort ( UCI Absolute Record) using all the Modern Technology Advances,done by Chris Boardman.
Below is the {MTAF} doing just that...
1972, Eddy Merckx set a new hour record at 49.431 km
If a rider rides for 60 Minutes then we calculate...
60 x 0.144216902221 = 8.65301413326 Minutes Advantage
So for Eddy's 49.431 km using the above he would have done the distance in 60 - 8.65301413326 = 51.3469858667 (51.34) Minutes
49.431 km / 51.34 Minutes = 0.962816517335
0.962816517335 x 60 Minutes = 57.76899104 km
58 km - 57.76899104 km = 0.23100896 (57 + 0.23100896) = 57.23100896 (57.231) km for 1 Hour (60.00) Minutes
Which compared to the current Record holder below...
1996 Chris Boardman 56.375 km for 1 Hour (60.00) Minutes
57.231 - 56.375 = 0.856
Which Makes Eddy Merckx's distance just better than Chris Boardman's
And the True Best Human Effort ( UCI Absolute Record) holder
Eddy's Hour...
Eddy Merckx - Hour Record (1972 Mexico City)
Anthony.R.Brown 08/03/2021
Former Chelmer CC
I am giving the {MTAF} again below for anyone who has never seen it.
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Modern Technology,Aerodynamic Carbon Frames,Tri Bars,Carbon Disk Wheels,Tri Disk Front Wheels,Aerodynamic Helmet.
Below is The Cycling TT Modern Technology Advantage Formula... {MTAF}
A = Based on (Chris Boardman using a {MTAF} Track bike with a distance of 56.375 km)
B = and (Chris Boardman using a Normal Track bike with a distance of 49.441 km)
C = The Advantage difference in Km
D : 1 Hour/60 Minutes
E : The Advantage in Minutes
(A : 56.375 km) - (B : 49.441 km) = (C : 6.934 km)
(D : 60) / (C : 6.934 km) = (E : 8.65301413326)
Then...
(E : 8.65301413326) / (D : 60) = 0.144216902221 (for every Minute a rider,rides using a {MTAF} bike
Example if a rider rides for 60 Minutes then we calculate...
60 x 0.144216902221 = 8.65301413326 Minutes Advantage.
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So for anyone who has been living on the Planet No! Cycling
for the last 50 years or so and have never heard of Eddy Merckx ?Many consider Eddy Merckx to not only be the finest rider of his generation, but also the finest rider in the history of professional cycle racing.
The Belgian won pretty much everything there was to win – and often many times over. From Grand Tours to Classics, Merckx amassed a total of 525 victories in a career that spanned the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s.
In the mountains, on the flat, in sprints, on the cobbles – whatever the terrain, ‘The Cannibal’ showed no weakness. Merckx belongs to an elite club of riders who have won the Tour de France five times, and he holds the record for the most Tour stage wins: 34. He also won the Giro d’Italia five times, and the Vuelta a España once.
Merckx conquered every major one-day race, with victories in Paris-Roubaix, Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, the Tour of Lombardy and the world championships.
Merckx’s involvement with cycling continued after his retirement from racing in 1978, with his eponymously-named bicycle company, his involvement with race organisation and as an ambassador for the sport.
For a list of Merckx’s victories, visit the Eddy Merckx Rider Profile page below...
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/...25.124300378.1614792206-1318114807.1614792206
And the Wiki link...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Merckx
Back to this Thread what I am sure we would all like to know is just how Fast Eddy could have gone using all the latest Modern Technology Advances ?
And for that I will give the best comparison I can think of using his Hour Record time,converted using {MTAF} compared to the Best Human Effort ( UCI Absolute Record) using all the Modern Technology Advances,done by Chris Boardman.
Below is the {MTAF} doing just that...
1972, Eddy Merckx set a new hour record at 49.431 km
If a rider rides for 60 Minutes then we calculate...
60 x 0.144216902221 = 8.65301413326 Minutes Advantage
So for Eddy's 49.431 km using the above he would have done the distance in 60 - 8.65301413326 = 51.3469858667 (51.34) Minutes
49.431 km / 51.34 Minutes = 0.962816517335
0.962816517335 x 60 Minutes = 57.76899104 km
58 km - 57.76899104 km = 0.23100896 (57 + 0.23100896) = 57.23100896 (57.231) km for 1 Hour (60.00) Minutes
Which compared to the current Record holder below...
1996 Chris Boardman 56.375 km for 1 Hour (60.00) Minutes
57.231 - 56.375 = 0.856
Which Makes Eddy Merckx's distance just better than Chris Boardman's
And the True Best Human Effort ( UCI Absolute Record) holder
Eddy's Hour...
Eddy Merckx - Hour Record (1972 Mexico City)
Anthony.R.Brown 08/03/2021
Former Chelmer CC
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