Originally Posted by jeffpoulin

Tommy Godwin did his record in 1939, in the UK, on his own bike for the first 5 months then on a "high end" 28lb Raleigh racing bike with 4 gears, while WWII was breaking out in Europe. Despite food rationing, taping over his feeble headlamp to comply with mandatory blackouts, riding through the UK's notorious wet and windy terrain with a mere 8-10 hours of daylight in winter months, and riding on many unpaved roads while carrying up to 10 spare tubular tires, he still managed over 200 miles/day.

Searvogel is barely keeping up with Godwin despite riding on a carbon fiber bike (as well as a recumbent at times), having access to better nutrition, and moving to Florida to ride where it's sunny and warm. Even if he breaks Tommy's record, it's just not a fair comparison IMO. I'm not digging on Searvogel's accomplishment. 75k miles in 365 days is great even with access to the best equipment, nutrition, roads, weather, lodging, etc... I'm just pointing out that Godwin did it on much less which makes his record all the more impressive.