Lotus 108

By this time Mike Burrows had lost enthusiasm for the concept and was focusing his attention on recumbent bicycles.

However, his Mk2 Monocoque caught the attention of a keen local cyclist (and Lotus Engineering employee), Rudy Thomann.

In addition, the design was modified and perfected through a series of wind tunnel tests conducted by the Lotus aerodynamics specialist Richard Hill.

[2] UCI approved the bike for competition, and Bryan Steel rode it at an international race meeting in Leicester, shaving five seconds off his time in the two kilometre pursuit.

Proto 2B is on display at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, located in Birmingham, AL, USA.

([1]) Chris Boardman’s Olympic gold medal winning bike (proto 2C) was on display at the Science Museum in South Kensington, London, in a temporary exhibition which ran from 16 March to 20 June 1993, entitled "SuperBike: An Exhibition on the Olympic Gold Medal Bicycle".