Graeme is a living legend , no wonder they made a film about him , they tried to crucify him because he built his own bike , a man with many problems but overcame them , I last saw him on a Ryanair flight coming back from Spain .
What an absolute legend! He achieved so much and he went through so much suffering. A man of principle. The books and the film are great. His quote about rescuing his trainer from a burning building inspired me to love my turbo trainer.
@@chrisjames6327steel frame. Made with scrap tubes that were stored in a toilet cubicle in a bike shop. The bag of tubes had ahem gotten splashed and were nicknamed “pishrust” in other words piss rust..
@@alistairlawson7514 It makes such a difference as well. I recently moved from a steel frame to a full carbon frame - it's so much less effort. Sometimes I'm riding along, and it feels like I'm not even pedalling
@@chrisjames6327 3 bikes 2 are carbon even at 8 kg it’s a joke to ride. Meanwhile my 14 kg alloy gets the most usage, even chase down expensive bikes on this thing with basically a 40 tooth ring and a 7 speed freewheel just a simple mechanical old school bike.
See Obree is wearing a different helmet against Ermenault than Boardman? Thats because Boardman gave Obree his after Obree beat him, only because Boardmans was better. What a good sport
Graeme Obree is the last legend Alive!!!!!.... Indurain in the Tour and his amazings and memorables "against the clock", Pantani in the mountains climbing track It ups. And this man before he is the example of perseverancy of inteligence and creativity to service to the Broken limits of phisics aerodinamical and biomechanical of this sport..... The history give him your justificate and privilege place....from Argentina, sorry about my very limit english....
Something happened to O'brees helmet I think, so boardman gave him his. O'bree is a huge inspiration to me, since UCI banned his bikes I wish he had used regular diamond frames just to prove that he was as good as he was.
Lots to study from this video, Obree could not afford to train on those high expensive track bikes. His bike is limited but does have some advantages 1. The bigger bottom bracket bearings ( from a washing machine) 2. The Bigger chain ring which requires a very low riding position in order for the bottom of your legs to keep that spin cadence. This gives you an advantage later in the race as the speeds pickup 3. The cadence control vs the other rider who is all over the place with the legs. The smaller chainring means you have to open your legs more often as the spin cadence is now more rotations than a larger chain ring. 4. The Righty fork on Obree's bike is excellent for oval track cycling If you notice the cadence later in the race Obree never changes it, meanwhile the other rider is all over the place and does not have a very good aero profile. Obree keeps the same cadence, same leg posture all throughout the race!!
Incredible! Mr. Graeme Obree was he was revolutionary in cycling, I still can not understand why UCI were always against him. he was just looking for the best aerodynamic position. visionary.
tough time getting out of his pedals, since of course this shoes were just welded to the end of the crank arms. hahaha. his internal struggle was with the fact that he was gay, but married with kids.
Obree's bike would be made of aluminium/steel as well. Everyone else in 1993 had full carbon. A full carbon version of Obree's bike...........I bet he would have lapped Boardman in this race. He was just a crazy genius. Because Boardman was the faster rider, all things being equal. On a normal bike, Obree was just a very good amateur. But he designed something that could beat the best in the world. And, as I said, it was made of cheap-ish material, in an era where everyone else was using carbon fibre shaped in wind tunnels. If Obree's bike had been manufactured that way (full carbon) it would have absolutely humiliated the competition
Please can any one tell me where this piece of archive comes from? I would like to try and get a licence to use it in a documentary I am making. Thank you for your help.
I think Obree would have been amazing if allowed to compete in the TDF, but he refused because part of his contact included "medical aids" ie HGH and EPO etc In that period EVERYBODY, and do mean EVERYBODY was doping Top 3 in TDF from 1998-2008 EVERYBODY was involved in a doping scandal
but he was british the aero position was one thing but he also had a one blade fork - his innovation, and a dramatically reduced BB width so his contact surface with air was absolutley minimal both interms of bike and body truly remarkable he must be spitting watching the amount of boardman bikes about these days
A few years ago, I bought a boardman bike, (great bike) but thought I was buying a . Graeme Obree's. The Olympian who made his bike from spare parts, ( washing machine) and won Gold in the Olympics. Incredible achievement. ❤🚴♂️
I am so proud of 'Great Britain's Olympians' WOW! Super Humans, incredible achievements and fantastic to watch.😜 Tokyo, Japan 2021 Games, was a joy to watch.🥰❤❤
Probably made of aluminium/steel as well. Everyone else in 1993 had full carbon. A full carbon version of Obree's bike...........I bet he would have lapped Boardman in this race
Obree wasn't even that successful an amateur until he came up with new riding position/bike. They were probably right to ban it. His times were 70% machine. Nowhere near Boardmans class as a cyclist
obree's only crime was to come up with something better than the establishment of major bike companies who no doubt were very cosy with the UCI as to what was acceptable and what was not. the bike and riding position supposedly meant the machine was more important than the man? yet they allowed the lotus carbon-fibre bike, disc wheels and the arms-out-front bars for the time trials etc? graham would always be a bit of a maverick, they probably banned him because they knew he'd never kow-tow to them
Using his logic, if my sister was on Graeme's bike she would have got at least silver ua-cam.com/video/oJ9H0INZ2_s/v-deo.html this proves its all him @@SteveNinetyski
Graeme is a living legend , no wonder they made a film about him , they tried to crucify him because he built his own bike , a man with many problems but overcame them , I last saw him on a Ryanair flight coming back from Spain .
legend!
I love him, fantastic character and athlete.
What an absolute legend!
He achieved so much and he went through so much suffering.
A man of principle.
The books and the film are great.
His quote about rescuing his trainer from a burning building inspired me to love my turbo trainer.
Obree is absolutely incredible. He's not even riding discs! I can't even put into words the respect I have for the man.
His position was wind tunnel tested and shown to be 60watts better than the UCI standard tuck.
Aluminium bike as well😂 by 1993 everyone else was using full carbon
@@chrisjames6327steel frame. Made with scrap tubes that were stored in a toilet cubicle in a bike shop. The bag of tubes had ahem gotten splashed and were nicknamed “pishrust” in other words piss rust..
@@alistairlawson7514 It makes such a difference as well. I recently moved from a steel frame to a full carbon frame - it's so much less effort. Sometimes I'm riding along, and it feels like I'm not even pedalling
@@chrisjames6327 3 bikes 2 are carbon even at 8 kg it’s a joke to ride. Meanwhile my 14 kg alloy gets the most usage, even chase down expensive bikes on this thing with basically a 40 tooth ring and a 7 speed freewheel just a simple mechanical old school bike.
See Obree is wearing a different helmet against Ermenault than Boardman? Thats because Boardman gave Obree his after Obree beat him, only because Boardmans was better. What a good sport
PURE CLASS the both of them!
That's not true!
@@KadaverKurtEvidence? I’ve heard that story more than once.
Never be another like him on a bike, legend 👏
Graeme Obree is the last legend Alive!!!!!.... Indurain in the Tour and his amazings and memorables "against the clock", Pantani in the mountains climbing track It ups. And this man before he is the example of perseverancy of inteligence and creativity to service to the Broken limits of phisics aerodinamical and biomechanical of this sport..... The history give him your justificate and privilege place....from Argentina, sorry about my very limit english....
Well said Bro!
👍🏼👍🏼
What a personality!
Thank you, great video👍
Thanks for posting this. Fantastic stuff. Graeme Obree, one of the great riders.
Something happened to O'brees helmet I think, so boardman gave him his.
O'bree is a huge inspiration to me, since UCI banned his bikes I wish he had used regular diamond frames just to prove that he was as good as he was.
is this where boardman let obree use his helmet?
Lots to study from this video, Obree could not afford to train on those high expensive track bikes. His bike is limited but does have some advantages
1. The bigger bottom bracket bearings ( from a washing machine)
2. The Bigger chain ring which requires a very low riding position in order for the bottom of your legs to keep that spin cadence. This gives you an advantage later in the race as the speeds pickup
3. The cadence control vs the other rider who is all over the place with the legs. The smaller chainring means you have to open your legs more often as the spin cadence is now more rotations than a larger chain ring.
4. The Righty fork on Obree's bike is excellent for oval track cycling
If you notice the cadence later in the race Obree never changes it, meanwhile the other rider is all over the place and does not have a very good aero profile. Obree keeps the same cadence, same leg posture all throughout the race!!
Incredible! Mr. Graeme Obree was he was revolutionary in cycling, I still can not
understand why UCI were always against him. he was just looking for the best aerodynamic position. visionary.
Obree's revolutionary frame design is pretty much a Raleigh shopper!
What an incredible man though, much respect.
'Chopper'
@@jaxcoss5790 nah, definitely more like a shopper
And Obree refused to take drugs (esp when asked to ride in Le Tour). Class!
Well, his areodynamic bike gave him an extra 2km per hour. He didn’t need steroids. He was technologically doping
@@JamesTaylor-up3oq well, the carbon fibre bike that Boardman was using, was technologically doping.
Now this guys is aiming to make a 100 mph bike,lets hope he can do it!
tough time getting out of his pedals, since of course this shoes were just welded to the end of the crank arms. hahaha. his internal struggle was with the fact that he was gay, but married with kids.
4:20.89 true champion.
Could have been even better if the authorities had got behind him, instead of against him. Legend.
hear hear! the establishment hates anyone or anything that doesn't subscribe to their norms, and/or shows them up though....
What a LEGEND!!
UCI cared more about weird positions than they did about massive amounts of doping.
i wouldve liked to see how fast Boardman could go on Grahams bike. Both British legends.
Obree's bike would be made of aluminium/steel as well. Everyone else in 1993 had full carbon. A full carbon version of Obree's bike...........I bet he would have lapped Boardman in this race. He was just a crazy genius. Because Boardman was the faster rider, all things being equal. On a normal bike, Obree was just a very good amateur. But he designed something that could beat the best in the world. And, as I said, it was made of cheap-ish material, in an era where everyone else was using carbon fibre shaped in wind tunnels. If Obree's bike had been manufactured that way (full carbon) it would have absolutely humiliated the competition
Filippo Ganna would now take 1 1/2 rounds from him...🙄
best part is 7:50
Please can any one tell me where this piece of archive comes from? I would like to try and get a licence to use it in a documentary I am making. Thank you for your help.
Drugs are better now, EPO was good but what is Ganna on? 😆
The save at 7:51 is even more impressive
Even more incredible that nowadays the world record is another 21 (!) seconds faster.
Genius
I think Obree would have been amazing if allowed to compete in the TDF, but he refused because part of his contact included "medical aids" ie HGH and EPO etc
In that period EVERYBODY, and do mean EVERYBODY was doping
Top 3 in TDF from 1998-2008 EVERYBODY was involved in a doping scandal
but he was british
the aero position was one thing but he also had a one blade fork - his innovation, and a dramatically reduced BB width so his contact surface with air was absolutley minimal both interms of bike and body
truly remarkable
he must be spitting watching the amount of boardman bikes about these days
Thanks for pointing out the fork...what a wild innovator. Is that also banned?
A few years ago, I bought a boardman bike, (great bike) but thought I was buying a . Graeme Obree's. The Olympian who made his bike from spare parts, ( washing machine) and won Gold in the Olympics. Incredible achievement. ❤🚴♂️
I am so proud of 'Great Britain's Olympians' WOW! Super Humans, incredible achievements and fantastic to watch.😜 Tokyo, Japan 2021 Games, was a joy to watch.🥰❤❤
Probably made of aluminium/steel as well. Everyone else in 1993 had full carbon. A full carbon version of Obree's bike...........I bet he would have lapped Boardman in this race
he is close enough to draft
Great stuff!
Obree wasn't even that successful an amateur until he came up with new riding position/bike.
They were probably right to ban it. His times were 70% machine. Nowhere near Boardmans class as a cyclist
70% machine ??? really ?
+CJ Mooney like the Million Pound bike designed and built by Lotus for the 1992 Olympics?
obree's only crime was to come up with something better than the establishment of major bike companies who no doubt were very cosy with the UCI as to what was acceptable and what was not. the bike and riding position supposedly meant the machine was more important than the man? yet they allowed the lotus carbon-fibre bike, disc wheels and the arms-out-front bars for the time trials etc? graham would always be a bit of a maverick, they probably banned him because they knew he'd never kow-tow to them
CJ Mootey I imagine you went to great lengths to come up with the formula that spat out 70% at the end.
What a bell end!
Using his logic, if my sister was on Graeme's bike she would have got at least silver
ua-cam.com/video/oJ9H0INZ2_s/v-deo.html
this proves its all him @@SteveNinetyski