Frame Designs that Shouldn't Work but Do!

[BongoInTheCongo]

That Brooks Pro saddle so fits the design!

 

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No 'designs that shouldn't work but do' is complete without the magician Graham O'Bree Superman position

 

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Old Faithful the original

 

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Don't know if he went for the speed record on this one

 

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And then Francesco Mosers hour bikes

 

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Variations:

 

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[BongoInTheCongo]

I was lucky enough to watch Obree clock an 18'45" ten on the original bike. Totally unassuming guy, just stepped off the bike a quick nod to the timekeepers and then into his hooded parka and away.

 

[Nob]

Dundee - Perth was a great stretch of road & Obree often did sub 50’s on there in the 80’s

 

[BongoInTheCongo]

The night he did the 18'45" it was a typical Scottish June evening, not near warm and rained all the way out to the turn. He was on a massive gear, a 55x13 as I remember and my pal who was stood at the roundabout turn said he almost killed himself trying to get in front of a volvo estate. First guy I ever saw recognizing the benefits of a warm jacket as soon you stepped off the bike. Broke the British record and didn't even hang around for the prize: £100!

I think few people actually realised what he did for British cycling, I reckon he made the GB team sit up and think 'yeah we could break records too'. I met him years later on the London - Edinburgh train, he was still very enthusiastic about cycling and designing bikes long after he'd stopped competing internationally. Lovely guy.