it would be quite interesting to take coppi's effort at pushing those tanks up rough surfaced mountain roads and then place the cyber coppi on a compact. i'd have to figure coppi would be more than up to the task against modern riders.Originally Posted by oldbobcat .
Gearing has obviously changed the way cycling is done in the mountains. Coppi's 46/18 (or even 46/20) would have been over-geared in the Merckx-Hinault era when 42/21 (or 22 or 23) would have been the norm. Which is over-geared compared to the 39/25 (or 26, 27, or 28) setups now in use.
Records on Alp D'Huez over the years are problematic because there has been no official starting line.