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The longest bicycle wheelie in one hour is 30.95 km (19.23 mi), and was achieved by Manuel Scheidegger (Switzerland) in Bern, Switzerland on 12 September 2020. [131] Kurt Osburn (nicknamed Wheelie King) from California, United States is the Guinness World Record holder for Longest Bicycle Wheelie, riding on the back wheel of a bicycle. [132]
As of September 2018, she holds the world record for paced bicycle land speed [1] [2] and is considered "the fastest cyclist on earth". [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She set the record on September 16, 2018, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, by traveling an average of 183.932 mph (296.009 km/h) on a custom-built carbon KHS bicycle behind a custom-built ...
The ride took 159 days as far as Kolkata and its distance exceeded 29,000 km. Kulkarni was 19 when she started and 20 when she finished the ride. [30] She became "the fourth fastest woman to cycle round the world, as well as the youngest". [31] [32]
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).
In the summer of 2011, Sanders became the first person to ride from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego and back in under 49 days, 17 hours, a ride he completed on a Yamaha XT1200Z Super Ténéré. The first leg of the trip was completed in 21 days, just a few hours short of Dick Fish's record ride and easily outpacing the Guinness World Record of 35 ...
This is an overview of the progression of the World track cycling record of the men's flying 200 m time trial as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. [1]
This is an overview of the progression of the world track cycling record of the men's 4 km individual pursuit as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. [1]
As a result of breaking the world record, Beaumont raised £18,000 for charity. Beaumont's video diaries of the journey formed the basis of a BAFTA-nominated documentary, [17] The Man who Cycled the World, which was broadcast by the BBC in August 2008. [13] Beaumont's around-the-world cycling record was broken by Vin Cox on 1 August 2010. [18]