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ChromeChainstay
Senior Retro Guru
sjcprojects
Orange 🍊 Fan
I just finished reading his autobiography. It’s pretty good, for that sort of thing. He’s certainly honest about both his talents and his failings (like his rather quick realisation that he would never be able to succeed beyond time trials in the grand tours).
Unless of course he went on a doping regime back in those days…something he was truly against
Canuk
Old School Grand Master
Graeme Obree came quickly to the realisation that he could only compete in the opening prologue. I hope he got paid well for it, hard to train and race your whole career for a one day event
sjcprojects
Orange 🍊 Fan
It’s funny how two British riders with very similar talents - Boardman and Obree, came along at the exact same time. Boardman is also very fair to Obree in his book, saying that although at the time they had a not particularly friendly rivalry, on reflection Obree was the real innovator and of course he pushed him to be better.
Boardman certainly got well paid by GAN, as they figured having a high profile rider like him would be good for sponsors, etc, but unsurprisingly his enthusiasm for turning up for tours essentially just for the prologues fairly quickly waned.
Boardman certainly got well paid by GAN, as they figured having a high profile rider like him would be good for sponsors, etc, but unsurprisingly his enthusiasm for turning up for tours essentially just for the prologues fairly quickly waned.
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
I liked the difference in training. Boardman was scientific, yet Obree was very old school. The clip of him in the back garden on a small wheel Raleigh sticks with me. Both fantastic riders.
Guinessisgoodforyou
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