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Bikes that don't need babes to be sexy

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Eddy's Hour Record UCI Old Rules Track Bike:

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Evidence that this Indian did not need a great arrow!
 
Mountain Goat said:
Eddy's Hour Record UCI Old Rules Track Bike:

800px-EddyMerckxHourRecordBike.jpg


Evidence that this Indian did not need a great arrow!

Do you think that is the original saddle angle - seems backwards-leaning to me. I thought particuarly tempo riding tended to have more forward sloping saddle?

Or whas that what you meant with the arrow?