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Sam Whittingham holds the land speed record of 83mph on a flat surface, set 2009.
Other men have been faster going downhill, or drafting behind a motorized vehicle, but it is pointless to keep track of such records which have more to do with equipment or terrain than the athlete.
Can't answer the question really, but I seem to recall watching in the 80's a tv programme of the likes of Tomorrow's World, that featured a bicycle with an outrageously large front sprocket and an equally outrageously small rear sprocket.
The rider was immediately behind a fairing mounted on a pickup truck that presumably reduced the wind resistance experienced by the rider to virtually zero. I don't remember the actual maximum speed attained by the rider, but it was well in excess of 100mph!
Anybody else remember seeing this programme?
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