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Following Obree and the Beastie
Apologies if it has been mentioned elsewhere, but you can follow Graeme's progress at the human-powered land speed record in Battle Mountain, Nevada here - http://www.humansinvent.com/#!/tags/cycling/
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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You're going to be writing that a lot in the coming months and years, unfortunately for you.
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Only 3 lots of runs left and riders are having to put their names into lucky dip draws to get places because of the weather delays
Prone record is his. It might not be the record he originally wanted but good on yer Graeme:
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/other-sports/cycling/flying-scotsman-...
And he looks happy with it:
http://twitpic.com/ddc109
Latest on Grame's HPV record attempt on the Cycling Weekly blog:
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/540361/beastie-blog-5-graeme-...
A piece for BBC Technology by Richard Moore is at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24015622 and I think the Daily Record has someone out there.
Tweets here:
https://twitter.com/GraemeObree
The official WHPSC page is here - http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/whpsc2013/speedchallenge.htm
They're pretty slow with the updates but there is lots of good geekery to be found on the site.
I also found this via their forums - http://new.livestream.com/accounts/5346183/events/2388331 they're broadcasting live feeds from each session and have some earlier videos available to watch. All fairly amateurish
And the man himself has been posting updates on his site - http://obree.com/obree-news.html