The speed challenge at Battle Mountain starts today and the first piece of news is that Graeme Obree will not be competing.  As Recumbent Gallery reported late last week, there are still some outstanding issues with the fairing for Beastie so Mr Obree is now planing his speed attempt latter this year somewhere in the UK.

One interesting aspect, illustrated in an article on Humans Invent, is the transparent fairing.  True to form Mr Obree has decided that he can produce something better. Rather than hurtle down the road hidden inside an opaque bullet he plans to make the “engine” visible, so you can see just what is going on inside.

After his UK attempt, maybe he will continue to refine his design and have something to take to the US next year?