Hi
@Sven , nice idea for a thread.
The Lotus pictured above is actually a '108', the track bike.
The '110' was the road racing time trial version.
The '108' was built for the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, for Team GB's Chris Boardman, who won Gold in the 'pursuit' discipline.
The 110, was developed for use in 'Le Tour' in 1993 and was last raced by the GAN equipe in 1995.
These type of machines were banned under the UCI Lugano Charter in 1996, although they are still legal for racing in UK time trials.
Here's a '110'......
Of the 263 '110's' built, the whereabouts of 60+ survivors is known; if anyone has one they don't need, I'll gladly take it off there hands, Lol!
Although you mentioned it as a "now" example, the newest of these machines is around 25 years old!
You may be interested to know of the new 'Hope'/'Lotus' bicycle which Team GB will be using in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics; Radical is not the word.....
So this is "now"!
Current thinking is that the UCI will ban this after the Olympics too.
This is almost a 'then' shot.
It's me, pictured riding a circa 1910 ABC track bike, built in Palma, Mallorca at 'Velodrom Illes Baleares' in Palma last Sunday, sadly this beautiful bicycle isn't mine.....
.....but man, did I enjoy riding it!
Let's see some more crazy machines please!