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brudgers on March 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hidden motors for road bikes

I remember watching Miguel Indurain blow past great climbers without leaving the saddle during the 1990's. His resting heart rate was recorded at 28 beats per minute. The best cyclists are outliers among outliers.

TwoBit on March 9, 2016 | [–]

surely indurain was doping, though.

Thimothy on March 9, 2016 | [–]

As was every other cyclist back then. Look at the wiki, the guy was a horse.

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