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Congratulations to Ingolf Micklisch who set a new 60-69 age-group record in the HWMR (7-day Time Trial) on an upright bike and non-drafting categories. Highest Weekly Mileage (HWMR) Ride Report Ingolf Micklisch The race Season for ultra distance racing 2024 was officially over for me and checking some of the existing records I was hooked to try at least one attempt for another record. Coming across the highest Weekly Milage Records I noticed it might be doable to break the record for my age group 60-69. However, since I had the idea in October and did not train for the [...]

Congratulations to Manickaraj Muthuwho set the new record for Clockwise Circumnavigation of the Golden Quadrilateral in the following categories: Solo, Upright bike, 18-49, Self-Supported. This is also a new Guinness (non-age group) record. Riders Narrative Summary  Record Attempt: Golden Quadrilateral Highway Network, India- Circumnavigation (Clockwise)  Name of the rider: Manickaraj Muthu, India  Start Date: 02nd November 2024 Start Time: 05:50 hrs Start Location: Just Buy Cycles, Velachery, Chennai   What the conditions were like: The Golden Quadrilateral is a network of highways in India that connects the country's four major cities: Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. The roads are a mixture [...]

Congratulations to Shankar Thakur who set the new record for Clockwise Circumnavigation of the Golden Quadrilateral in the following categories: Solo, Upright bike, fixed gear, 18-49, Self-Supported. This is also a new Guinness (non-age group) record. Ride Report: All the information  given below which I am taking from during my bicycle ride.  “To SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT”. Record attempt :- Golden Quadrilateral bicycle ride on a single speed bicycle on record no done this ride on single speed bicycle solo and unsupported ride.  Name of rider.  :- SHANKAR KUMAR THAKUR Start date and start time to the nearest minute.  :-Start date [...]

Congratulations to Dan McGehee who set 3 new records in the Outdoor Track fixed gear category in 60-69 age group on a standard bike. These are also US overall records - any age - and new Guinness World Records as well Distance Event KilometersTimeAvg Sp (Km)Avg Sp (Miles)Existing records : Male 6-69, upright, fixed gearnew recordnew Guinness100 Km Outdoor Track02:25:22.3841.2725.65none for 100 KmYesYes200 Km Outdoor Track05:17:50.7937.7523.46none for 200 KmYesYesDistance Event MilesTimeAvg Sp (Miles)Avg Sp (Km)Existing records : enter categoriesnew recordnew Guinness100 Mile Outdoor Track04:02:11.3924.7739.87none for 100 MileYesYes Ride Report: 2024-11-10  WUCA Daniel McGehee Fixed-Gear, Outdoor Track Wind was not kind.  [...]

Congratulations to Larry Oslund who set the 24 hour Self-Supported Road record in the following categories: Male, 60-69, Recumbent. Amazingly this attempt ended on Larry's 65 birthday! Larry also set 8 other WUCA and Guinness records in these non-age group categories. All records set during this single attempt are listed below. Distance Event KilometersTimeAvg Sp (Km)Avg Sp (Miles)Men, 60-69, Recumbent , Self-Supported existing records100 Km Road02:39:13.0337.6823.42Larry Oslund 64 03/30/2024 00:02:33:26.63 24.30 mph200 Km Road05:20:11.4937.4823.29Larry Oslund 64 03/30/2024 00:05:07:51.29 24.22 mph300 Km Road08:09:14.3836.7922.86none for 300 Km500 Km Road14:11:09.4735.2521.90none for 500 KmDistance Event MilesTimeAvg Sp (Miles)Avg Sp (Km)Men, 60-69, Recumbent , Self-Supported [...]