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Congratulations to Taylor Thorne for setting a new WUCA record for California E-W (North Course) in the following categories: Male, 18-49, Standard upright bike. Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Ride Report I got into cycling a few years ago and spent a lot of time riding the bike trails in Folsom and Sacramento California. I always wanted to string all the trails together to go as far as possible and started thinking about how I could get across the state. In 2022 I created a RideWithGPS route from South Lake Tahoe to San Francisco but knew I didn’t have the fitness to [...]

Congratulations to Miguel Angel Messineo, who set the 6-hr outdoor track record in these categories: Male, 80+ age-group, outdoor track, upright bike. Miguel also set to other records during this attempt, for a total of 3: Here they are: Distance Event KilometersTimeAvg Sp (Km)Avg Sp (Miles)100 Km Outdoor Track03:32:06.2228.2917.58Distance Event MilesTimeAvg Sp (Miles)Avg Sp (Km)100 Mile Outdoor Track05:40:38.6817.6128.35Timed EventMilesKilometersAvg Sp (Miles)Avg Sp (Km)6 Hour Outdoor Track105.780170.23617.6328.37 6-Hour Track Record Attempt  Miguel Angel Messineo  Date: April 19, 2026, start time 11:06 AM.  Cycling track in the city of Neuquén, Argentina.  At the start, the temperature was around 12 degrees Celsius with [...]

Congratulations to Aidan Lampe for setting the 24-hr Outdoor Track record in the following categories: Solo, Male, 18-49, Velomobile, Outdoor track. He also set 11 other records during this attempt, and came oh so close to 1000 miles in 24-hours! See all 12 of them below. Distance Event KilometersTimeAvg Sp (Km)Avg Sp (Miles)100 Km Outdoor Track01:27:41.9468.4242.51200 Km Outdoor Track02:53:36.1669.1242.95300 Km Outdoor Track04:21:07.8668.9342.83500 Km Outdoor Track07:17:44.0868.5342.591000 Km Outdoor Track15:09:10.3165.9941.01Distance Event MilesTimeAvg Sp (Miles)Avg Sp (Km)100 Mile Outdoor Track02:19:44.9342.9369.10200 Mile Outdoor Track04:40:09.2942.8368.93300 Mile Outdoor Track07:02:29.0642.6168.57500 Mile Outdoor Track12:03:35.7541.4666.72Timed EventMilesKilometersAvg Sp (Miles)Avg Sp (Km)6 Hour Outdoor Track255.743411.57842.6268.6012 Hour Outdoor Track497.437800.54841.4566.7124 Hour Outdoor Track939.9951,512.77539.1763.03 [...]

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 [...]