Originally Posted by
GrayJay
...I recently read that briefly around 1890, before internal combustions engins became sufficiently powerfull and reliable, track racing bicycles actually held the world speed record as the fastest vehicle, definitly cutting edge tech for the day.
I'm pretty sure that the fastest vehicles during that period were steam locomotives. When Mile-A-Minute Murphy did his record breaking ride in 1899, he drafted behind a train.