http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cycling/16231501.stm
Good luck to him - I'd reckon his chances a lot better than Queally's when the people designing his bike clearly had no idea of how little frontal area others had.
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Obree makes another bike
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i reckon he could well succeed.good luck graeme
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Aye, good luck to him. I cycled to work with him once and during that cycle he was a thoroughly decent chap to talk to. Really down to earth and not aloof in any manner.
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Good luck to the man.
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"on a bicycle, but there's no rules"
sounds ideal for him, good luck, legend!
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Top man.good luck !
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I would love to see Obree nail a world record, if ever a man deserved the win
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Fantastic. Good for him !
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Awesome.
Best of luck to him.
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"a bicycle he built himself from washing machine parts"
The press never miss an opportunity do they?
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if i had a pound for every time ive heard the line about the washing machine parts i could probably have a decent night on the town.
i knew graeme back in the day as i worked at irvine cycles.
it would not surprise me at all if he managed to break a world record at this.
good luck to him i say.
(and ffs, dont tell the press anything about washing machines this time)Posted 5 months ago # -
For those interested the washing machine bike...it is on display somewhere in the National Museum of Scotland. The machine is painted white so can see how the confusion arose, however IIRC I think Mr Obree made use of some bearings from a washing machine. Whatever, it clearly had a very effective spin cycle
Goodluck to him with new project.
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IIRC I think Mr Obree made use of some bearings from a washing machine.
He says so himself in his book - I've just checked - on that basis I don't see what the big deal is about mentioning "washing machine parts".
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I don't get it either, I think it's great you can make a bike from washing machine parts! It would be great to see him get another World record after all the years and struggles he has been through.
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Good luck graeme hope you do it .
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Good luck indeed. I understand that he's going for a prone (face down) design, which sounds suitably mental.
Wasn't there a picture of him recently on a bike with a ginormous dinner-plate chain-ring and teeny sprocket. Wasn't that for another record attempt? What happened to that?
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I was lucky (or is that unlucky!) enough to be a time trialist and living in Scotland in the early 90's when Graeme was at his peak. He was always approachable and a true inspiration and both him and Boardman where the fastest around at the time.
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The bike with the big Chainring was built for another go at the World hour record, but it didnt ride very well on the track when tested, so that was scrapped unfortunately.
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I bet it's totally overstated how much washing machne comprised that infamous washing machine bike.
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Wasn't there a picture of him recently on a bike with a ginormous dinner-plate chain-ring and teeny sprocket. Wasn't that for another record attempt? What happened to that?
This one ? It was intended for the world hour record
"Obree spent a year and a half training on the bike which worked brilliantly on the road.
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But when Obree took to Manchester’s velodrome for a trial run in August it went badly wrong. Watched by former national British cycling coach Doug Daley, Obree’s bike proved useless"
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/graeme-obree-dumps-hour-record-plans-23985/Posted 5 months ago # -
I never worked out what was wrong with that bike on the track.
What could have made it so awful? Was it that the arms being straight and the pivot (headset) being ahead of your elbows made it too difficult to manoeuvre?
If it was just flex and things like that, you'd think they could have carried on improving it. I loved the genius simplicity of it's rule-bending
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The rules have since been tightened to stop that kind of shenanigans.
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I heard he made a washing machine out of old bike parts.
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At least he didn't destroy his knackers like Boardman.
Perhaps he used Boardman's knackers on another bike?
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