Great triumph by José Manuel Fuente "el Tarangu", perhaps the greatest cyclist ever from Asturias, in the video we see him winning in the Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Mercx, Gimondi, Baronchelli, nobody could follow him.
Look at those beautiful lugged steel bikes. Simple and elegant. No disc brakes, electronic shifting, internal cabling or carbon everything. Just well-oiled, efficient machines that riders got by with only 5 cogs in their free-wheels and down-tube shifters. Kind of like my venerable '86 Schwinn Paramount with a 6-cog free-wheel.
He did this in 1972, a time when few Americans understood bike racing. Sportscasters focused on the bread and butter of American sports - baseball, football, basketball. I don't remember one mention of Merckx's incredible achievement back then. Sports Illustrated did do a write-up on him in an early 70s issue. But for most Americans, Eddy Merckx was a foreign name in a foreign sport.
What's even more impressive is the fact that Merckx retired from Cycling in May of 1978 (46 years ago) and he still owns pretty much all the major records in professional Cycling today lol. None of his really big and important records have been matched or broken as of today. A list down below of some of his current records. 1. Most races won in a career- 525 2. Most races won in a single season- 54 in 1971 3. Most Grand Tours won in a career- 11 4. Most Grand Tours won consecutively in a row- 4 between 1972 and 1973 5. Most Grand Tour career stage wins- 64 6. Most days wearing the Yellow Jersey at the Tour de France for a career- 96 And there are too many other records that are still active that Merckx holds lol.
when any bike like that was a mtb lol now a day if you ride with that people gonna make fun about you for sure (im not one of them in fact i ride a bike with the same entry level as that) and it actually all you need nothing more (just put some upgrade to it and you ready !)
This video has been a huge inspiration for me to get back mtb riding, iv watched this vid about 20 times, it takes me back to a time I never got to experience, mtbing in the 90s!!! I think of this vid and you guys when I'm out riding ❤❤❤
I've watched this video several times because it's one of my favorites when I was a kid, we could only dream of bikes like this, greetings from Hungary
I feel bad looking at them, knowing how much more bike I need to ride the same stuff.. I mean they dont even have disk brakes:] Nothing, they are going down hill naked. Riding my bike is like riding a magic carpet.. I can do anything on it, modern full suspension bikes with modern brakes and 29s will roll over anything.
Full-Suspension? Slack head angle? Dropper post? Man you must've had a weird dream. Now come on, let's get our mountainbikes from the shop and ride them through the city. They've got even fatter tires on now. Almost 2 inches wide, it's crazy.
I have 2 of these old school type mtbs lol, and as weird as it sounds I wanna slap a suspension fork on the front of each of them and convent them to disc brakes JUST to see how good it would ride
What a beautiful time then. Eddy Merckx = "The Cannibal" they give at him this Nickname because Eddy it was the Greatest Winner 🏆 of the History of Cycling, because he takes the one Victory to another (!). In his Great Carrier he has over than 500 Victories Totally (!). Also his son Axel Merckx it was at the podium of Olympic Games in Greece Athens 2004 at the Third place bronze metal (!). Eddy Merckx Always on 🌹🔝🌹 🏆🚴🏆👩🚀👍
Hoy en la actualidad2023 manejo una schwinn conmemorativa del año 1991 esta como nueva sin suspension sin frenos modernos, me sorprende lo rapida y fuerte que es, ya que la uso duro y en partes largas en la sierra de nayarit, me apaciona la bici pero no he querido comprar una moderna porque la mia muchas veces a aguantado mas que las modernas ya que en las rutas nunca me falla..y or doy duro en decensos..
Omg the year when biking went backwards. Thin handlebars and Saturday surfers need apply. Jesus the horror and lack of culture 😢. Go on report me and make it truth.
