Frenchman François Gissy has laid claim to a new land speed record using a rocket-powered bicycle. Yes, you read that right. A rocket-powered bicycle. Gissy and his bicycle managed to hit a mind ...

To pedal the bicycle to such a high speed, Donhou also needs the correct gearing to get him there. The huge 104-tooth chain ring connected to a 13-tooth sprocket should suffice, as he proved with ...

As a kid, [Tom] followed all the automotive land speed record attempts on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The cars used in these attempts were all built by guys in their garages, and as a bicycle frame ...

on a bicycle. The remarkable speed means the 45-year-old not only smashed her own world record, but the long-standing men's one as well. Her reaction? Somewhat understated. "It was a crazy wild ...

Motorcycles are emblematic of speed, zipping around on two wheels in ways that four wheels cannot. What's the record for the ...

Kevin Kilkenny, one of Ignite's full-time touring guitarists broke the world land speed record on a dirt bike in September. Riding the Cardboard Robot KX500 dirt bike, Kilkenny exited the timed mile ...

Jack Taylor and Alfie Barraclough have been racing since they were eight Two young friends have set a land speed world ... custom-built bike. The boys, who were already world record holders ...