Now that record improved and improved as bicycles improved and became more aerodynamic all the way until 1996, when it was set at 35 miles, 1,531 feet, nearly five miles farther than Eddy Merckx cycled in 1972.
Ez a rekord folyamatosan javult, ahogy a biciklik egyre aerodinamikusabbak lettek, egészen 1996-ig. Ekkor a rekord 56,8 km volt, több, mint 7 km-rel több mint Eddy Merckx rekordja 1972-ben.