Originally Posted by
LarDasse74
The UCI upright bike hour record is in KM/h, but the HPV record with a fully faired 'bent is ~56 MPH or ~90 KM/h. But we ae not tallkng about a guy that got his first bike last year.
Edit:
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_performance
"The highest speed officially recorded for a bicycle ridden in a conventional upright position under fully faired conditions was 82.52 km/h (51.29 mph) over 200m"
You are correct for the upright fared record. The fully fared recumbent division human powered record is held by Sam Wittingham and is around 82 MPH. Yes you heard that right. This is without drafting but is in a missile shaped fully enclosed bike. The fastest time on an indoor track for 200m on an indoor time trial bike is around 51 MPH. Who knows for road racing. Conditions are not controllable enough. Recumbents can go faster and are in a different division.
The one hour record in a fully fared bike is about 56 MPH:
http://www.ihpva.org/home/
http://www.ihpva.org/hpvarec3.htm#nom09
The UCI records for more conventional bikes are on this page. And the other page sited.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour_record