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=== 1972β1984: Merckx, Moser and new technology === [[File:EddyMerckxHourRecordBike.jpg|thumb|[[Eddy Merckx]]'s 1972 hour record steel-framed bike]] In 1972, [[Eddy Merckx]] set a new hour record at {{convert|49.431|km|mi|abbr=on}} in [[Mexico City]] at an altitude of {{convert|2300|m|ft|abbr=on}} where he proclaimed it to have been "the hardest ride I have ever done".<ref name=Grdn>{{cite news|last1=Clemitson|first1=Suze|title=Why Jens Voigt and a new group of cyclists want to break the Hour record|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/100-tours-100-tales/2014/sep/19/why-jens-voigt-and-a-new-group-of-cyclists-want-to-break-the-hour-record|access-date=19 September 2014|work=The Guardian|date=19 September 2014|archive-date=24 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924041712/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/100-tours-100-tales/2014/sep/19/why-jens-voigt-and-a-new-group-of-cyclists-want-to-break-the-hour-record|url-status=live}}</ref> The record would stand for 12 years until in January 1984, [[Francesco Moser]] set a new record at {{convert|51.151|km|mi|abbr=on}}. This was the first noted use of [[disc wheels]], which provided an aerodynamic gain as well as Moser wearing a skin suit. Moser's record would eventually be moved in 1997 to "best human effort".<ref name=Grdn />
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