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This has now been verified by Guinness World Records and as such is the new woman's record. [34] Graham completed her attempt in October 2018 in a total of 124 days. She cycled the route solo and totally unsupported, often sleeping rough in drainage ditches or behind bushes.
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 ...
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]
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 ...
In September, American Lael Wilcox broke 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.
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 ...
The bike Welsford and the Australians are riding from British manufacturer Factor carries a starting price tag of $60,000. The frame alone from Hope Technology that the British are aboard costs about $70,000, and you still have to buy wheels, handlebars, the saddle and the mechanical parts.
In June 2018 Graham began an attempt to break the record for a female cycling around the world, only the third woman to take on this challenge. [4] She rode unsupported and carrying all her kit, [9] attempting to break the previous record of 144 days, held by Italian cyclist Paola Gianotti, by completing the 18,000 mile journey across four continents in 110 days. [10]