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Congratulations to  Malcolm Barske for breaking the solo record for Ireland E-W Crossing on a standard bike in the Senior (18-49) category. The Previous record was set by Ricky Geoghegan on 2013-08-10  in 17 hr 20 min. He also broke the all time record set by Joe Barr on 2019-09-01 in 13 hr 32 min. Malcolm covered the 382.3 Km in 12 hours and 47 min for an average speed of 18.58 mph Ride Report: Malcolm Barske – Record Attempt: East to West Ireland On Saturday 16th July 2022 at 06:02 am I started my ride from the east of [...]

Congratulations to Larry Oslund - for setting a new 100 Km, and 100 Mile Outdoor Track Record in the Men's, Solo, Recumbent Bike categories  on July 14, 2022 Distance Event Kilometers Time Avg Sp (Km) Avg Sp (Miles) 100 Km Road 02:22:52.37 42.00 26.09 Distance Event Miles Time Avg Sp (Miles) Avg Sp (Km) 100 Mile Road 03:56:08.87 25.41 40.89 Larry also set the "oldest Male to ride an unfaired bike 100 Miles in under 4-hours" category. For this attempt I was going for the 60-69 100 Mile and 100Km Outdoor Track recumbent records and also the “oldest 100 Miles [...]

Congratulations to Toby Ellis for his new WUCA World Record on 2022-07-03 on the London to Canterbury course. Riders report: I had intended to call this the ‘troublesome priest’ ride – history tells us the last time folks rode between a monarchs residence and Canterbury Cathedral, things did not end well for the Archbishop (Thomas Becket) and perhaps it was time to update history – ride a bike, not a horse and leave the Archbishop fully intact! It turns out that King Henry II was in Normandy when he almost certainly didn’t use the words ‘who will rid me of [...]

Congratulations to Phil Fox for setting a new 7-day record in the HWMR categories of 18-49, upright bike, non-drafting. This was done during the first 7-days of 2022 RAAM event Record Report This record attempt began at 1:03pm PT in Oceanside, California as part of the 2022 Race Across America.  Starting out from under the historic Oceanside Pier, I rode down the San Luis Rey River Trail to get out of town. Solo racers set out at one minute intervals and rode unsupported until we got to Old Castle Road (23 miles). From there we began climbing a slow gradual [...]

Congratulations to Stanko Verstovsek - for breaking 7 existing Outdoor Track records in the Men's, Solo, Standard Bike categories  on June 10, 2022 Based on this chart below you can see how close he was to the other 2 records. Distance Event Kilometers Time Avg Sp (Km) Avg Sp (Miles) Existing records : male 18-19 standard bike new record 100 Km Outdoor Track 02:19:46.64 42.93 26.67 Ralph Diseviscourt - 2020-07-11 - 2:19:13 - 26.78 mph no 200 Km Outdoor Track 04:40:39.45 42.76 26.57 Ralph Diseviscourt - 2020-07-11 - 4:44:30 - 26.21 mph yes 300 Km Outdoor Track 07:11:34.37 41.71 25.92 [...]