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RAGBRAI, short for Register 's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, is a non-competitive bicycle tour across the U.S. state of Iowa from the western to eastern border. [1] First held in 1973, RAGBRAI is the largest bike-touring event in the world. [2] The 50th ride, RAGBRAI L, took place from July 23-29, 2023, and retraced much of the first ...
Tylen set the Guinness World Record for females at 52,025 kilometres (32,327 mi). [122] On 5 April 2017, the 326th day of her year-long record attempt to ride more miles in a year than anybody ever, Amanda Coker broke the women's, as well as the overall mileage record, when she exceeded Kurt Searvogel's previous record of 76,076 miles (122,432 km).
From 2 April to 16 July 1984 Jay Aldous and Matt DeWaal rode 22,997 km/14,290 miles in 106 days, riding a greater distance in a shorter time than Nick Sanders in 1981. Aldous and DeWaal started and ended in Salt Lake City, US, and traveled in an easterly direction passing through 15 different countries. Matt DeWaal.
Thomas Stevens (24 December 1854 [1][2] – 24 January 1935) was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle. He rode a large-wheeled Ordinary, also known as a penny-farthing, from April 1884 to December 1886. [3] He later searched for Henry Morton Stanley in Africa, investigated the claims of Indian ascetics and became manager of the ...
Recumbent and upright riders at Villaines-la-Juhel in 2015. Paris–Brest–Paris (PBP) is a long-distance cycling event. It was originally a 1,200 km (750 mi) bicycle race in France from Paris to Brest and back to Paris in 1891. [1] The last time it was run as a race was 1951. The most recent edition of PBP was held on 20 August 2023.
Mark BeaumontBEM. Mark Ian Macleod Beaumont BEM (born 1 January 1983) [2] is a British long-distance cyclist, broadcaster and author. [3][4][5] He holds the record for cycling round the world, completing his 18,000-mile (29,000 km) route on 18 September 2017, having taken less than 79 days. On 18 February 2010 Beaumont completed a quest to ...
Race Across America. The Race Across America, or RAAM, is an ultra-distance road cycling race held across the United States that started in 1982 as the Great American Bike Race. RAAM 2015 team start. RAAM is one of the longest annual endurance events in the world. All entrants must prove their abilities by competing in any of several qualifying ...
The Butterfly Trek Madone, an artwork utilizing a bicycle by Damien Hirst, became the world's most expensive bicycle when it was bought at auction for $500,000. [1] It was designed by Hirst, who used real butterfly wings that were placed onto the actual frame and wheels of the bicycle. [1] The bike had been ridden by Lance Armstrong in the 2009 ...