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here's the progression, newest to oldest, back 15 years:
Boardman 104 rpm
Rominger 102 rpm
Rominger 101 rpm
Indurain 100 rpm
Obree 95 rpm
Boardman (unknown by me) rpm
Obree 93 rpm
everyone before obree back to merckx was over 100 rpm.
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There are plenty of great tt riders like Rich, Ullrich, Grabsch, Martin, Vino, Leipheimer, Gonchar etc etc that are in the 85-95 range"
i think you have to demonstrate 85, i don't believe that. if you say 90-95, yes, there are a fair number, depending on the distance. i think cancellara, and armstrong, are high at 105ish, but, i think these great TTers are bringing the rest of the field up. for example, i'd believe 85 for ullrich if you talk about him at the beginning of his pro career in the late 90s, but not near the end of his career.
but if you want to talk about grabsch and gonchar, fine. let's talk about them. but when you're done, let's talk about the rest of the top 50 riders who don't ride that way.
You mean in the beginning of this career when he won grand tour tt's by 3min?
By 85-95rpm I mean that it seems like it's the range where most pro cyclists seem to perform and not necessarilly that a lot of them are at 85rpm. If I'd guess I think most of them are right around 90rpm or just over but I think there are more that are under 90rpm than you think as well. That's a bit beside the point though as the original premise of yours seemed to indicate that almost everyone were around 100-105rpm when in reality there have only been a very small amount of riders that have tt'ed successfully on the road at those cadences.
Point is that the range where you can be successful seem to be very wide and not just within a couple of rpm's for everyone.
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