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The recumbent bicycle reached 144 kilometres per hour in 2016. The figure is taken from AeroVelo, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Aerovelo Eta is the fastest human powered vehicle

The recumbent bicycle reached 144 kilometres per hour in 2016 The vehicle, built by students and engineers in Toronto, was ridden by Todd Reichert at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Nevada in September 2016. Its enclosed shell has a tiny frontal area and the rider lies almost flat to push the pedals. The speed is measured over a 200 metre flying start, so the vehicle enters the timing zone already at full pace. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The recumbent bicycle reached 144 kilometres per hour in 2016. The figure is taken from AeroVelo, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.