The Bike

Chris Boardman 's race to Olympic gold in Barcelona on the extraordinary Lotus superbike is now legendary. For the bike's inventor Mike Burrows , Boardman's victory marked the end of a ten-year battle to win recognition for his revolutionary design and another step in his lifelong quest to make man the fastest animal on earth. For the makers, Lotus Engineering, it was the beginning of a struggle to turn a world famous prototype into a road-going commercial success. QED charts the story from drawing board to factory floor.