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On 18 October 2018 Jenny Graham of Scotland (a member of the Adventure Syndicate) arrived in Berlin having completed an unsupported circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle in 124 Days, 10 hours and 50 minutes. [33] This has now been verified by Guinness World Records and as such is the new woman's record. [34]
Streamlined recumbent bicycle (bicycle and rider enclosed in an aerodynamic shell): Francesco Russo of Switzerland set a new World Record by covering 91.556 km (56.890 mi) in one hour at the DEKRA test track in Germany on 2 August 2011. [39] This record is approved by the WHPVA.
It was found that the Cd (drag coefficient) of Obree's initial "tuck" or "crouch" position was 0.17, compared to a conventional 1990s bike position of 0.20 and a modern conventional position of 0.188, leading to an estimated gain in speed of about 2-2.5 km/h over his rivals in the 1990s and a gain of 1.5 km/h over contemporary track cyclists ...
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 ...
Circumnavigated the globe on a bicycle Annie Cohen Kopchovsky (1870 – 11 November 1947), [ 1 ] known as Annie Londonderry , was a Jewish Latvian immigrant to the United States who in 1894–95 became the first woman to bicycle around the world.
This is a list of important men's road bicycle racing events. The list only includes road races, and no track, mountain or cyclo-cross races. Championships
A cycle track or cycleway (British) or bikeway [1] (mainly North American), sometimes historically [2] referred to as a sidepath, is a separate route for cycles and not motor vehicles. In some cases cycle tracks are also used by other users such as pedestrians and horse riders (see shared-use route ).
World track championships are allocated to different countries each year. They are run by that country's national cycling association, although the top referees (President of the Commissaire's panel – PCP, Secretary, Starter, and Judge Referee) are International Commissaires appointed by the UCI.