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On land, the speed record registered by a rider on a 200-meter flying start speed trial was 133.28 km/h (82.82 mph) by the Canadian Sam Whittingham riding the Varna Tempest, a streamliner recumbent bicycle in 2009, [19] at Battle Mountain, Nevada. His record has been surpassed by 0.5 km/h by Sebastiaan Bowier of the Netherlands in 2013 setting ...
The previous record, 167 miles per hour (269 km/h), was set in 1995 by Dutchman Fred Rompelberg. Two years earlier she set the women's bicycle land speed record, pedaling 147.7 mph (237.7 km/h). [6] She is the first and only woman in history to hold the world record, which was first established in 1899. [7] [8]
Herbert James "Burt" Munro (Bert in his youth; 25 March 1899 – 6 January 1978) was a motorcycle racer from New Zealand, famous for setting an under-1,000 cc world record, at Bonneville, on 26 August 1967. [2] This record still stands; Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year-old machine when he set his last record. [3]
Éric Barone (born 4 November 1960 in Oyonnax, France) is a French cyclist.He holds the world downhill speed record for bicycle, on both snow and gravel. [1] On snow, his downhill speed record is 227.720 kilometres per hour (141.499 mph) achieved on 18 March 2017, on the speed snow track at Vars, France [2] while on gravel his downhill speed record is 172 kilometres per hour (107 mph), [3 ...
This has now been verified by Guinness World Records and as such is the new woman's record. [34] Graham completed her attempt in October 2018 in a total of 124 days. She cycled the route solo and totally unsupported, often sleeping rough in drainage ditches or behind bushes.
Live cycling coverage on MAX will include: Giro d’Italia. All race weekends of the UCI Mountain Bike World Series. ... Pricing appears to run from $9.99 to $19.99 monthly, depending on your ...
A fitness enthusiast is attempting to break a world record by cycling non-stop on a static-bike for 280 hours. Paul Magor started the challenge on New Year's Eve at the Worle Centre Gym in ...
The speed of 133.78 kilometres per hour (83.13 mph) was achieved over a 200 metres (660 ft) stretch of road in Battle Mountain, on a recumbent bicycle named VeloX3, designed by students from the Delft University of Technology and the VU University Amsterdam. [3] He required a run-up of 8 km (5.0 mi) before setting the record. [4]