New York Team Break Static Cycling Record
On 19 January 2008, Guinness World Records adjudicator, Marco Frigatti, had the pleasure of certifying the record for the ‘Furthest distance on static cycles covered in 24 hours by a team’. The New York Sports Clubs/Cadence Cycling Team consisting of Tucker Brown, Chad Butts, Holden Comeau, Mikael Hanson, Thomas Wood (all USA) and Stefan Kusurelis (Germany) performed this record attempt as part of the “Saints and Spinners Event” at Grand Central Terminal in New York. The final distance covered on the spinning bike was 1,335.5 Km (829.84 miles) - which means that the team cycled at an average pace of 34.58 mph (or 55.65 km/hr)!
The event, which took place from 7 am on the 18th through to 7 am the next day, was a great success for both the organisers and team members, and raised over $250,000 (£127,275) for HealthCorps, a non-profit organisation founded by Dr. Mehmet Oz, the health expert on the US television programme, “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, who is devoted to fighting obesity amongst teenagers. On top of this fantastic achievement the 6 cyclists managed to also take home one more Guinness World Record by challenging each other to break the record for the longest distance covered by an individual in 1 hour - which they broke three times! Both records were set using a Star Trac NXT spin bike.
Vice President of Marketing for the New York Sports Clubs, Merrill Richmond, commented: “Our members set personal records every day, but today’s achievement is truly historic”.
30 January 2008