Bicycle World Speed Record

The fastest bicycle speed in a slipstream male is 280 571 km h 174 339 mph and was achieved by neil campbell uk at elvington airfield in yorkshire uk on 18 august 2019.

Bicycle world speed record. Architect neil campbell used a 15 000 bike to break the. Mueller korenek had previously set the women s speed record on a bike. A british man has set a new men s cycling speed record of more than 174mph on a 15 000 bike released from the back of a porsche as it hurtled down a runway. A british man has broken a cycling speed record hurtling down a runway at over 174 miles per hour 280 km h on a custom made bike in what he called the biggest rush you ll ever experience.

Since 1995 the fastest bicycle speed in slipstream was 167 044 mph 268 831 km h set by dutch cyclist and multiple record holder fred rompelberg. The feat may cause guinness world records to change its categories which currently separate bicycle speed records by gender. World records in the sport of track cycling are ratified by the union cycliste internationale uci. However his 23 year record has now been beaten at utah s legendary bonneville salt flats by denise who achieved.

He used a special bicycle behind a dragster of the strasburg drag racing team at the bonneville salt flats. Event record athlete nationality date meet place ref flying 200 m time trial progression 9 100 nicholas paul trinidad and tobago 6 september 2019 pan american championships. Men records recognized by the uci. The previous record of 268 831 km h 166 944 mph by fred rompelberg netherlands has not been broken since 1995.