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2. Recumbent bicycle - Wikipedia

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   As with upright bikes, there is a subculture of recumbent builders who design and build home-built recumbents. [22] Often these are assembled of parts from other bikes, particularly mountain bikes. The frame designs may be as simple as a long steel tube bent into the appropriate shape, or as elaborate as hand-built carbon fiber frames.

3. Hour record (recumbents) - Wikipedia

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   The recumbent design (banned in 1934) and the use of additional streamlined devices (banned in 1914) were allowed back into a sanctioned competition. The IHPVA hour record was first set in 1979 by Olympian Ron Skarin, who went 51.31 km (31.88 mi) on a streamlined upright bicycle designed by Chet and Joyce Kyle. It was 40 years since a ...

4. List of cycling records - Wikipedia

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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 ...

5. The best stationary bikes for seniors - AOL

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   Recumbent bikes offer a unique seated position with your legs extended forward, providing a low-impact, joint-friendly workout that's easier on your cardiovascular system compared to upright bikes ...

6. Hour record - Wikipedia

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   Recumbent bike – Unfaired Vehicle: Modified M5 highracer recumbent, SRM crankset. Estimated 325 watts power output. 2016 51.31 Ron Skarin Men's Streamlined Enclosed Upright Bicycle Titanium road racing bike with stretched fabric fairing by Chet Kyle. First "modern" HPV record. 1979 51.194 Zac Carr & Glenn Taylor Men's Tandem UK National Tandem.

7. Bicycle performance - Wikipedia

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   The highest speed officially recorded for any human-powered vehicle (HPV) on level ground and with calm winds and without external aids (such as motor pacing and wind-blocks, but including a defined amount of gravity assist) is 144.18 km/h (89.59 mph) set in 2016 by Todd Reichert in the Eta Speedbike, a streamlined recumbent bicycle. [12]