The 100mph bike – designed in the bath and made from an old saucepan

 
Former world champion cyclist Graeme Obree has shown that it is not just Greek inventor Archimedes who can benefit from a long soak in the bath.
Because having dreamed up his unusual new bike while in the tub the 46-year-old hopes to use his own eureka moment to smash a land speed record.
Constructed in his one bed flat in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Obree has assembled the machine from bits and bobs around his home.
With homemade wheels and shoulder rests made from an old saucepan the machine, ridden horizontally, was assembled by Obree in an attempt to reach 100mph.

In September he will take the bike out to Nevada, where he will build up as much speed as possible on a long stretch of road before being timed over 200 metres.
If, as he hopes, he manages to get his speed up to 100mph he will smash the current record of 82.8mph, set at the same site, in 2009 by Canadian cyclist Sam Whittingham.
The record would be his second, having already claimed the world hour record in 1993, covering the longest distance on a bike in 60 minutes - a feat also achieved on a bike made from recycled parts from around the house.
Speaking to the Sunday Telegraph, he said: 'It is like choreographing and dancing to your own music, to me it is a form of artistic expression.

He told the Telegraph: 'You just roll it and go up through the gears. If you get into the top gear you are already doing 80mph.
'I find myself in a win, win situation. In a lot of ways, my message would be more powerful if I don't get this record because it's OK to have a vision and just go for it. A lot of people don't do things for the fear of 'what if I don't manage it.
'My biggest fear is not crashing on a bike and losing some skin. It's sitting in a chair at 90 and saying, 'I wish I had done more'. I don't know if I will break the record but I will give it the best punt I can.'

Following his world record in 1993 he claimed a second world individual pursuit championship leading to rivals such as Chris Boardman trying to assemble their own homemade bikes before they were outlawed.
His cycling career, as well as his long battle with depression, was then brought to the big screen  in the 2006 film, The Flying Scotsman.