Chris Boardman Lotus 108 Olympic cycling Pursuit 30 year anniversary 1992 Barcelona

[@boblogan8464]

Still gets me emotional after 32 years

[@gsherlock]

I was in an early season 10 mile time trial and Chris was off last in a field of 120. On a cold windy morning on the H10-1 course i came home in a disappointing 23.48 whilst my friend, the best in our club at the time and a future national champion finished in a respectable 22:30. Boardman posted a jaw dropping 20:02, almost 30 mph and about 1 minute ahead of the second place man.

[@htdtr]

Thanks for uploading this!

[@MarkWadsworth-c7n]

One of these most iconic sporting moments in cycling history from an athlete who was immense throughout the 90''s....winning prologues at the Tour, wearing the yellow jersey....beating the hour record and of course the first gold in 72 years for great britain.....

[@cuebj]

The days when GB won so few Olympic medals even a bronze got front pages and we knew their names and faces, let alone cycling gold. Nowadays, GB wins so many gold medals we only remember the set from our sports of interest! Boardman and Obree set things up for the lottery years. GB now doing it in gymnastics, swimming, but athletics - not so much. I don't even know all the Brits in races like Tour de Romandie or Women's Vuelta

[@tman5634]

Rode in many races with Chris as an amateur & he was always 10% better than the rest. It was evident he was going places in world cycling. He didn't know it, but I followed him in as many races as possible when I wasn't racing myself, right through his Olympic rides, his hour records & as a Professional. I've seen him on top of the world in his wins, that AMAZING TDF prologue win & suffering like a dog in some Alpine stages. A special rider indeed & also a gent. The sport was made better by the likes of Chris Boardman & another Brit, Graeme Obree. I have huge respect to the both of them.

[@TheYohtube]

RIP Mike Burrows

[@peterdelmonte9832]

Well said. I’m old enough to have subscribed to bike magazines decades ago when Mike Burrows first began to build the first machines that were recognisable Lotus forerunners. I rode one of his speedy trikes over 40 years ago and promised myself I’d own one, one day. And I did. My partner and I fitted in a weekend away not long before covid struck and while out and about I saw a road sign with the name Rackheath on it. I knew that to be where MB’s workshop was so I drove there. The door was open and Mike was inside. To me it was like the second coming. I knocked on the open door and blurted out some awful hero-worshipping intro. He invited me in and we spoke for maybe half an hour…one of the highlights of my life. He was still full of ideas and as enthusiastic as I’d heard he always was. I mentioned that my Speedy had less than perfect steering. “Bring it here and I’ll do it”, he said. And of course I would have but lock down came. I told myself after freedom returned, that I’d make the booking. When I finally tried to, I read Mike had just died.

[@DaRealGrossBurger5]

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