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== Other bicycle hour records == There are alternative bicycle hour records that do not fit the UCI-sanctioned categories due to a strict definition of a "bicycle" in UCI.<ref name="nelson">{{cite web |title=The History of the Recumbent Bicycle: Winning Forbidden |url=http://www.helsinki.fi/~tlinden/winforb.html |access-date=28 August 2008}}</ref>{{citation needed|reason=table is based on social media, individual reliable sources for each item should be added|date=March 2022}} {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="min-width:50em" |+Other Hour records !Distance km !Rider !Gender !Hour record type !Comments !Year |- |92.439 |{{flagicon|SUI}} Francesco Russo |Men's |HPV |Vehicle: Metastretto - designed by rider,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Russo|first=Francesco|date=2016|title=MetaStretto – The CURRENT World-Record-Speedbike!|url=http://www.russo-speedbike.com/metastretto/|access-date=5 December 2021|website=www.russo-speedbike.com}}</ref> streamlined 2-wheeled recumbent, backwards ridden, mirror navigated. |2016 |- |84.02 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Barbara Buatois |Women's |HPV |4th fastest person at the time. Vehicle: Varna Tempest - low-racer, 2-wheeled FWD, SWB, canopy bubble |2009 |- |83.013 |{{flagicon|SUI}} Rubin Koch, Dominik Dusek |Men's |HPV multi-rider, HPV tandem, HPV tricycle. |Vehicle: Cieo Tandem tricycle – Independent drivetrain, captain supine elevated above stoker – laying on back headfirst |2013 |- |81.63 |{{flagicon|AUS}}Kyle Lierich |Men's |HPV tricycle (single rider) |Vehicle: Phantom Mini-T – designed & built by Tim Corbett<ref name="Uni SA">{{Cite web|author=UniSA|date=30 April 2019|title=Speed records are broken|url=https://ahpvss.com/2019/04/30/speed-records-are-broken/|website=Australian HPV Super Series}}</ref> |2019 |- |66.042 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Barbara Buatois |Women's |HPV tricycle |Vehicle: Varna 24 - Delta trike (two wheels in back), head bubble, FWD | |- |60.61 |{{flagicon|USA}} Ron Elder |Men's |HPV upright position | |1989 |- |57.637 |{{flagicon|GER}} Matthias König |Men's |Recumbent bike – Unfaired |Vehicle: Modified M5 highracer recumbent, SRM crankset. Estimated 325 watts power output. |2016 |- |51.31 |{{flagicon|USA}} Ron Skarin |Men's |Streamlined Enclosed Upright Bicycle |Titanium road racing bike with stretched fabric fairing by Chet Kyle. First "modern" HPV record. |1979 |- |51.194 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Zac Carr & Glenn Taylor |Men's |Tandem |UK National Tandem. Unconfirmed as World Tandem Record. |2003 |- |50.492 |{{flagicon|WAL}} James Coxon |Men's |Recumbent Tricycle – unfaired |Vehicle: Phantom Mini-T – Designed & built by Tim Corbett<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://recumbents.com/wrra/records.asp?MoreInfo=Yes&ID=135|title=World Recumbent Racing Association|website=recumbents.com}}</ref> |2022 |- |46.946 |{{flagicon|USA}} Andy Baker & Matti Herz |Men's |Madison Hour Record |Outdoor track, Vehicles: Fixed gear with aerobars |2023 |- |46.7 |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Daniel Bigham]] |Men's |Road Time Trial (TT) Bike |Outdoor track, recorded on Strava. Vehicle: Trek Speed Concept |2015 |- |44.749 |{{flagicon|NED}} Jetze Plat |Men's |Arm Powered |Vehicle: Recumbent trike |2019 |- |42.93 |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Lindy Hou & Toireasa Gallagher |Women's |Tandem open, Tandem paralympic |Visually-impaired stoker (Lindy Hou) |2005 |- |38.154 |{{flagicon|SLO}} Bor Ceh |Men's |Cargo Utility Bike |Vehicle: Omnium – aerobars, rear 700c disk, front 20 inch, unloaded, wood platform removed due to windy conditions |2018 |- |37.417 |{{flagicon|USA}} Erik Skramstad |Men's |No hands riding. Mountain bike at altitude. |Vehicle: Aluminium mountain bike |2009 |- |35.258 |{{flagicon|CZE}} Eva Navratilova |Women's |Ice tricycle (unfaired, recumbent) |Vehicle: Rear wheel powered, front skate steering, rear outrigger skate |2015 |- |35.245 |{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Mowett |Men's |Mountain bike (low altitude) |Outdoor, on hilly loop road. Vehicle: Mountain bike with knobby tires and aerobar, shirtless |2006 |- |34.547 |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Opie]] |Men's |Penny farthing |Unpaced. Also holds paced penny farthing record 35.743 km. (Penny farthing record rules allow pacing.) |2019 |- |33.365 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Jan |Men's |Unicycle |Vehicle: geared 36" unicycle<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://actu.fr/bretagne/dol-de-bretagne_35095/le-breton-simon-jan-bat-un-record-du-monde-insolite-sur-des-routes-de-campagnes_45600704.html|title=Le Breton Simon Jan bat un record du monde insolite sur des routes de campagne|date=October 12, 2021|website=actu.fr}}</ref> |2021 |- |30.95 |{{flagicon|SUI}} Manuel Scheidegger |Men's |Wheelie (riding a bike on one wheel) |Outdoor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-bicycle-wheelie-in-an-hour|title=Longest bicycle wheelie in one hour | Guinness World Records}}</ref> |2020 |- |23.412 |{{flagicon|CAN}} Lizanne Wilmot |Women's |Penny Farthing |Unpaced on the Jerry Baker Velodrome in Redmond, Washington USA |2023 |- |20.294 |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alberto Bona]] |Men's |Penny Farthing, riding using one leg only ||The left pedal was removed entirely from the penny farthing, ensuring that it could not be used. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/770518-greatest-distance-on-a-penny-farthing-with-one-leg-in-one-hour|title=Greatest distance on a penny farthing with one leg in one hour; Guinness World Records}}</ref> |2024 |- |19.76 |{{Flagicon|GER}} Jochen Glasbrenner |Men's |Riding using one leg only |Outdoor on road time trial bike |2020 |- |19.3 |{{flagicon|BEL}} Jonas De Brauwer |Men's |Wooden bike |Vehicle: Wooden bike built by himself and students, wood chain, 8 spokes, aerobar |2016 |- |17.7 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Nigel Barker |Men's |PediCab/Ricksaw |No passenger |2019 |- |0.918 |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Maria Vittoria Sperotto]] |Women's |Slowest hour record |Requires gears, no fixed gear, no brakes, always moving forward. Tied with Davide Formolo in Pursuit-style race.<ref name="slowest-hour-nov2021">{{cite web|url=https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/worldtour-pro-davide-formolo-sets-record-for-shortest-distance-cycled-in-a-hour/ |title=WorldTour pro Davide Formolo sets record for shortest distance cycled in a hour |work=Cycling Magazine |date=17 November 2021 |accessdate=18 November 2021}}</ref> |2021 |- |0.918 |{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Davide Formolo]] |Men's |Slowest hour record |Requires gears, no fixed gear, no brakes, always moving forward. Tied with Maria Sperotto in Pursuit-style race.<ref name="slowest-hour-nov2021" /> |2021 |}
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