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Right at the beginning of my obsession with cycling, I read about this record and it's most fascinating challenger: Graeme Obree. Nicknamed "The Flying Scotsma
by lavamantis 11y ago
Right at the beginning of my obsession with cycling, I read about this record and it's most fascinating challenger: Graeme Obree.
Nicknamed "The Flying Scotsman", he made his own bicycles out of washing machine parts and invented a few new riding positions before being banned by the UCI.
Pretty interesting cat. http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0037/index.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/...
- eng_monkey 11y ago> he made his own bicycles out of washing machine parts Wasn't it just the bottom bracket that he reused from a washing machine?
- lavamantis 11y agoNice: 'Obree himself said: "My biggest regret of my career is mentioning to a journalist that there was a bit from a washing machine in my bike. "Now forever I will be remembered as the washing machine guy."'
- MikeKusold 11y agoYou may enjoy the film based on his life. The Flying Scotsman http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472268/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472268/
- SixSigma 11y agoBefore watching the film, one should add that what Graham never revealed until recently is that many of his problems stemmed from the fact that he was repressing his homosexuality, much to his mental distress.
- SixSigma 11y ago> It led to attempts like Chris Boardman’s successful one in 2000. He rode ... so far forward that his style was called the Superman position. This sentence made my blood boil
- andrewfelix 11y agoWhy?
- SixSigma 11y agoObree pioneered the position. Boardman and his team thought he was a joke.