Editing Graeme Obree (section)

===Old Faithful banned===
The world governing body, the [[Union Cycliste Internationale]], grew concerned that changes to bicycles were making a disproportionate influence to track records. Among other measures, it banned his riding position: he did not find out until one hour before he began the world championship pursuit in Italy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling-no-daylight-for-obree-as-riding-position-falls-foul-of-rules-cyclings-world-pursuit-champion-has-ridden-into-trouble-again-robin-nichol-reports-from-palermo-1376851.html |title=No daylight for Obree as riding position falls foul of rules: Cycling's world pursuit champion has ridden into trouble again |website=The Independent |last=Nicholl |first=Robin |date=August 15, 1994 |access-date=May 4, 2021}}</ref> Judges disqualified him when he refused to comply.<ref name="CW19Aug95">{{cite magazine| title=Article title unknown| magazine=Cycling Weekly| location=UK| date=19 August 1995| pages=26}}</ref> The magazine ''[[Cycling Weekly]]'' blamed "petty-minded officialdom."<ref name="CW23Sep95p20">{{cite magazine| title=Article title unknown| magazine=Cycling Weekly| location=UK| date=23 September 1995| pages=20}}</ref>

Obree developed another riding position, the "Superman" style, his arms fully extended in front, and he won the individual pursuit at the [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|world championships]] with this and Old Faithful in 1995.<ref name="CW23Sep95p20" /> That position was also banned.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/obrees-riding-position-banned-1357714.html |title=Obree's riding position banned |last=Nicholl |first=Robin |date=October 9, 1996 |website=The Independent |access-date=May 4, 2021}}</ref> However, in May 2014 the UCI relented, acknowledging that fixing the kind of equipment to be used was hindering technical progress. It restored previous banned world records, from 2000, now to be described as "Best hour performance".

The original ''Old Faithful'' bike is on display at the [[National Museum of Scotland]] in Edinburgh, while two near-replicas built for use in the ''Flying Scotsman'' film are displayed in the [[Riverside Transport Museum]] in Glasgow.<ref name=DRecord>{{cite web|last=McIver|first=Brian|title=Scots cycling legend Graeme Obree & stuntman Danny MacAskill race into Riverside Museum ahead of opening|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/scots-cycling-legend-graeme-obree-1104360|work=Daily Record, 31 May 2011|date=30 May 2011|access-date=5 September 2012}}</ref>

In March 2018, Obree tested another replica of ''Old Faithful'' in the [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes-Benz F1 team]]'s [[wind tunnel]] to gauge the [[aerodynamic]] efficiency of his various riding positions on the bike, having never previously participated in wind-tunnel testing. It was found that the {{Cd}} ([[drag coefficient]]) of Obree's initial "tuck" or "crouch" position was 0.17, compared to a conventional 1990s bike position of 0.20 and a modern conventional position of 0.188, leading to an estimated gain in speed of about 2-2.5&nbsp;km/h over his rivals in the 1990s and a gain of 1.5&nbsp;km/h over contemporary track cyclists: meanwhile the "Superman" position was found only to be marginally more efficient than the 1990s conventional position, and less efficient than the modern conventional position. Obree however noted that the discomfort of the "crouch" position takes a lot of energy out of the rider through holding the hands and shoulders in place, whilst the "Superman" position was much more manageable.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/graeme-obree-old-faithful-bike-put-test-wind-tunnel-heres-373769|title=Graeme Obree and his Old Faithful bike put to the test in a wind tunnel: Here's how they did |last=Hutchinson |first=Michael Hutchinson|author-link=Michael Hutchinson (cyclist) |date=21 March 2018 |website=[[Cycling Weekly]]|access-date=26 December 2018}}</ref>