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Mark Ian Macleod Beaumont BEM (born 1 January 1983) [ 2] is a British long-distance cyclist, broadcaster and author. [ 3][ 4][ 5] He holds the record for cycling round the world, completing his 18,000-mile (29,000 km) route on 18 September 2017, having taken less than 79 days. On 18 February 2010 Beaumont completed a quest to cycle the Americas ...
A short wheel base recumbent bicycle with two large wheels, usually between 559 and 622 mm in size. The kind of recumbent most similar to normal road bikes in characteristics. [ 62] Hill climb (race) A short distance uphill race, usually an individual time trial over approximately 3–5 km. See Hillclimbing (cycling).
Motobirds, the UK's first all-women motorcycle stunt display group, formed in 1972. Dave McKenna (stunt rider), Australia's number one Freestyle Street Bike Stunt Rider since 2011. Robbie Maddison, in April 2015 successfully rode a modified dirt motorbike to surf on a wave near Teahupoo in Tahiti. [ 7][ 8]
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with ...
Hubert Opperman. Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman, OBE (29 May 1904 – 18 April 1996), referred to as Oppy by Australian and French crowds, was an Australian cyclist and politician, whose endurance cycling feats in the 1920s and 1930s earned him international acclaim. Hubert rode a bicycle from the age of eight until his 90th birthday, when his ...
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. She was the youngest American astronaut to have ...
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. [ 3][ 4][ 5] They made the first controlled, sustained flight of an engine-powered, heavier ...
The Giro d'Italia ( Italian: [ˈdʒiːro diˈtaːlja]; lit. 'Tour of Italy' ), [ 1] also known simply as the Giro, [ 2] is an annual multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. [ 3] The first race was organized in 1909 to increase sales of the newspaper La Gazzetta dello ...