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Congratulations to Matthew Lefthand who set a new HWMR records in the following categories: Male 18-49, recumbent bike, non-drafting. Some amazing facts about Matthew's attempt: Out of the 168 hours available to ride in 7 days, Matthew rode only 98.35 hours, or 58.5% of the time. He averaged an incredible 24.4 mph while riding! This is also a new Guinness World Record (non-age group record in the above categories). This is also the farthest anyone has ridden on any 2-wheel bicycle - in a non-faired rider category. Record: Highest Weekly Mileage Record  Name: Matthew Lefthand  Start: April 18th 2026 @ [...]

Congratulations to Srinivasan B for setting a new WUCA record for his India W-E attempt in these categories: Solo, unsupported, Male 18-49, Upright, fixed-gear bike. This is also a new Guinness (non-age group) World Record  Ride Report  The rider’s summary should be sent promptly and must be submitted within 14 days of the completion of the record attempt.  So that the report can be posted at ultracycling.com, please e-mail the report and digital photos of the start, the attempt and the finish to the Records Chairman. The report should include:   Record attempt - Male, Solo, Unsupported, Single speed / Fixed [...]

Congratulations to Alex McCormack who broke the existing 7-day TT (HWMR) record in the following categories: Male (18-49) non-drafting upright bike. He surpassed the current record set by Arvis Sprude on 2024-07-06 of 2,369.70 miles (3813.81 Km) Alex rode 2377.65 Miles (3826.46 Km) This is also a new Guinness non-age group record The idea for the record came up at our February training camp with Canyon x DT Swiss All-Terrain Racing. The Canyon guys asked if I had any ‘extra-curricular’ plans alongside the race calendar. I’d been quietly thinking this one might be possible. They were keen, so we got [...]

Congratulations to Michael Swift for setting a new record for the Paris, France to Lisbon, Portugal in these categories: Solo, Male (18-49), unsupported, upright bike. Michael also set 2 embedded records during the main attempt: Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela to São Bento Palace, Lisbon Record Attempt Name: Paris to Lisbon, Capital-to-Capital, Solo and Unsupported Name of Rider(s): Michael Swift Start Date and Start Time: 24 Jan 2026, 9:23 AM (CET) Exact Start Location: Assemblée nationale (Palais Bourbon), Paris, France (48.8619° N, 2.3186° E) Finish Date and Finish Time: 17 March 2026, 2:17 PM (WET) Exact Finish Location: [...]

Congratulations to Dan McGehee for setting a new 12 hour Outdoor track fixed gear record in the Male 60-69 age group on an upright bike Dan also set 3 other embedded records - for a total of 4. These are also new Guinness World Records (non-age group) Distance Event KilometersTimeAvg Sp (Km)Avg Sp (Miles)300 Km Outdoor Track08:28:37.8135.3921.99Distance Event MilesTimeAvg Sp (Miles)Avg Sp (Km)200 Mile Outdoor Track09:04:55.2122.0235.44Timed EventMilesKilometersAvg Sp (Miles)Avg Sp (Km)6 Hour Outdoor Track135.509218.08022.5836.3512 Hour Outdoor Track256.849413.35921.4034.45 Dan also currently holds these other 3 fixed gear outdoor track records: 100 Km Outdoor Trackon 11/10/2024 00:02:25:22200 Km Outdoor Trackon 11/10/2024 00:05:17:51100 [...]