Originally Posted by
Jeff Wills
On a five mile oval course, Sam Whittingham pedaled 56.3 miles (90.6 km) in one hour and Barbara Buatois pedaled 52.2 miles (84.0 km), both world records. A typical highly efficient human powered vehicle requires only about a 1/3 horsepower to maintain these speeds for one-hour.
Something doesn't seem right about these numbers. 1/3 horespower is only 249 watts. That's 249 watts for an hour. I could do that easily. And that's the world record?