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The Flying Scotsman

by Graeme Obree

ISBN: 9781841583358
Imprint: Birlinn
Publication Date: Jun 2007
Format: Paperback (eBook also available)
Price: £7.99
Stock Status: in stock

eBook also available at the iBookstore

'This is a book that must have taken great courage to write, is a harrowing reminder of how little the public know about sportsmen, no matter how brightly the spotlight shines on them,' - The Guardian

“Harrowing, brilliant, and completely unforgettable,” – Bella Bethurst, author of The Bicycle Book

Number 10 in Cycle Sport's Best 50 Cycling Books of All Time

Graeme Obree’s story begins with a tough upbringing in the Ayrshire valleys, where he found his escape by taking to the roads on his bike. He would emerge from total obscurity to smash Francesco Moser's World Hour Record, controversy hard at his heels for his unique riding style and pioneering construction techniques – famously using parts from a washing machine to build his bike, ‘Old Faithful’.

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