Addicted to breaking records, this former world champion puts his mind and body on the line one last time. 20 years afte | dG1fRU9scklNV3N5dk0
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00:00If you're a tiger, you might be a slightly aging tiger, but you're still a tiger.
00:08It started off as a DVD for fans of Graham, who wanted to see how he built a bike and
00:14things like that.
00:15And as the whole process went on, it developed and developed and it got bigger and bigger
00:19and bigger until we've got a massive, well hopefully a massive feature film out of it.
00:25Graham O'Brie has done it, he's beaten the world record, a new world record for Graham O'Brie.
00:31Really, I became famous for building bikes and winning bike races.
00:35Old Faith was officially the most famous bike in the world.
00:39There was a piece of washing machine in there, a washing machine that's untouched.
00:42I moved on to fridges.
00:43This is the second film about my life and my work, but this one is actually me, my actual
00:48face in person.
00:49So this is like a film biopic, real biography of me in person.
00:54It's kind of weird, because there's no hiding place behind an actor, so you're totally
01:00exposed in it.
01:01And David, being such a good camera guy, he knows the times I don't want him sticking
01:05his camera in my face, is the times he's probably at the best for his age.
01:08The thing is, the stopwatch doesn't care what age you are, and the power meter doesn't care
01:12what age you are.
01:13That speed trap doesn't care what age you are.
01:17Human power vehicle, seen as a niche part of the sport, I want to go out and break the
01:22world land speed record.
01:23Well, hugely, hugely grateful to Edinburgh and Diane for selecting us and putting us
01:30on at the festival, so that's massive.
01:32And it gives us huge credibility, I think, to be at a festival as prestigious as Edinburgh.
01:38But it's also rather nervous, nerve-making or nerve-wracking.