Originally Posted by rockmuncher
According to Guiness Book of Records we have a long way to go:
The highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle is 268.831 km/h (167.043 mph), by Fred Rompelberg (The Netherlands) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, on October 3, 1995.
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I've read the book about the speed records, much of which is dedicated Rompelberg's achievement.
It's available in many libraries.