On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:28:47 -0400, Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
wrote:



Jbenkert111 wrote:

Impossible, as in all sports records and best of "all time" nominations,
comparisons cannot be made with any degree of accuracy.

True, still...

Different era,
different caliber riders. For instance, Merckx, won all those races against
riders that were also doing all those races and were probably just as tired as
he, and also, the talent pool is much larger and stronger these days.

You think?

Factual evidence. It has become a professional sport, with all the
consequences. Or do you believe that any of the, say, mid-50s basketball
teams would have have even a *slight* chance of losing with less than 20
points to the Spurs, Kings, Lakers, Nets, Mavs? Or, to put it bluntly,
the Lakers of the 40s would go out with a 2-80 record out of the regular
season, if two opponents wouldn't show up. Too slow, too small ...

Gerrit