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Cycling Stunt Man
Gloucester's answer to Evel Knievel may not be able to afford a motorbike but he won't let that deter him...
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Overview
We'll probably never know what brought Mike Wilson, Gloucester's budget answer to Evel Knievel, to the attention of ATV Today, but reporter David Eggleton has made the long journey from Birmingham to see him and was presumably expecting something spectacular. It's not just jumping on a bike and going over a plank, you know.
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