Flying Scotsman : Cycling to Triumph Through My Darkest Hours
by Graeme Obree
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About This Item
Boulder CO: Velo Press, 2005. 1st. Softcover. None. Softcover, pictoeial wraps. Little-known Graeme Obree became international cycling's most unlikely star, capturing the public's imagination with his innovative engineering and design skills and unique training regiments. When he broke world records and won championships, the cycling authorities outlawed both his bike and his tucked riding position. He invented the ""Superman"" riding style and triumphed again. But while battling authorities and other cyclists, Obree was also battling a much more serious threat: bipolar disorder. In ""The Flying Scotsman, Obree tells his remarkable story with brutal honesty and unexpected humor. Beginning with his troubled childhood in Ayrshire, where the bike was his only escape, Obree recounts his turbulent life and career, describing what drove him to not only break records, but to attempt suicide on three separate occasions. Long known for his courage on the track, here Obree demonstrates a different kind of courage as he movingly lays bare his struggle with manic depression. Record # 381245
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 381245
- Title
- Flying Scotsman : Cycling to Triumph Through My Darkest Hours
- Author
- Graeme Obree
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Velo Press
- Place of Publication
- Boulder CO
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Sports, Cycles, , .
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