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Jenny Graham cycled unsupported around the world in 124 days. [136] Mark Beaumont cycled supported around the world in 78 days, 14 hours, 40 minutes. [137] Laura Massey-Pugh and Steven Massey tandem cycled unsupported around the world in 179 days, 12 hours & 25 minutes. [138] Ed Pratt unicycled unsupported around the world in 3 years, 135 days ...
To cycle Lisbon–Vladivostok (13900 km), Perth–Brisbane (4300 km) and Los Angeles–St. John's (7200 km) with air travel between legs gives 25,400 km. So some detours are needed (such as Invercargill – Auckland , New Zealand, 1800 km, for the sake of the antipodes requirement).
World records in the sport of track cycling are ratified by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Item 3.5.001 of the UCI regulations defines the events in which ...
American Lael Wilcox has broken the world record for the fastest woman to cycle around the world, traversing 21 countries and 18,125 miles in three and a half months.. Arriving back in Chicago at ...
Juliana Buhring (born 2 June 1981) is a British-German ultra-endurance cyclist and writer. In December 2012, she set the first Guinness World Record as the fastest woman to circumnavigate the globe by bike, riding over 29,000 kilometres (18,000 mi) in a total time of 152 days (144 actual days in the saddle).
The 200 m flying start (single rider, World Human Powered Speed Challenge, Battle Mountain, NV): 133.284 km/h (82.819 mph) on 2009-09-18. First unpaced cyclist ever to break the deci-mach mark (1/10 the speed of sound , World Human Powered Speed Challenge, Battle Mountain, NV): 132.50 km/h (82.33 mph) on 2008-09-18.
Graeme Obree (born 11 September 1965 [1]), nicknamed "the Flying Scotsman", after the famous steam train, is a Scottish racing cyclist who twice broke the world hour record, in July 1993 and April 1994, and was the individual pursuit world champion in 1993 and 1995.
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref Flying 200 m time trial (progression)♦10.029 Lea Friedrich Germany 9 August 2024 2024 Olympic Games: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France