Editing Recumbent bicycle (section)

==Performance==
{{Main|Bicycle performance}}
Over distances recumbent bicycles outperform upright bicycles as evidenced by their dominance in ultra-distance events like 24 hours at Sebring.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ultracycling.com/results/sebring2006.html
|title = An Epic Race at Sebring 2006! Recumbents Rule! Tandems Triumph! Females Forceful!
|access-date = 8 December 2008
}}</ref> Official speed records for recumbents are governed by the rules of the [[International Human Powered Vehicle Association]]. A number of records are recognised, the fastest of which is the "flying 200 m", a distance of 200&nbsp;m on level ground from a flying start with a maximum allowable [[tailwind]] of 1.66&nbsp;m/s. The current record is {{convert|144.17|km/h|abbr=on}}, set by Todd Reichert of [[Canada]] in a fully faired front-wheel-drive recumbent lowracer bicycle.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a22946/human-powered-speed-record-aerovelo/ | work=Popular Mechanics | title=New Human-Powered Speed Record Set at 89.6 Mph in Egg-Shaped Bike | date=20 September 2016}}</ref> The official record for an upright bicycle under IHPVA-legal conditions (but at sea level, not high altitude) is {{convert|82.53|km/h|abbr=on}} set by Jim Glover in 1986 with an English-made [[Moulton bicycle]] with a USA-made hardshell fairing around him and the bike.

The IHPVA [[hour record]] is {{convert|90.60|km|mi|abbr=on}}, set by [[Sam Whittingham]] on 19 July 2009. The latest known [[hour record]] is 92.432&nbsp;km kilometers (57.434 miles), set by Francesco Russo of Switzerland, using Metastretto on the DEKRA Test Oval track in Klettwitz, Germany, 26.06.2016<ref>{{cite web |author=Francesco Russo |title=MetaStretto: The CURRENT World-Record-Speedbike! |url=http://www.russo-speedbike.com/metastretto/ |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=Russo Speedbike}}</ref>

The equivalent record for an upright bicycle is {{convert|55.089|km|mi|abbr=on}}, set by [[Victor Campenaerts]] in 2019. The UCI no longer considers the bike [[Chris Boardman]] rode for his 1996 record to be in compliance with its definition of an upright bicycle. Boardman's [[Monocoque]] bike was designed by Mike Burrows, whose Windcheetah recumbent trike (see above) also holds the record from [[Land's End to John o' Groats]], {{convert|861|mi|km|0}} in 41 h 4 min 22 s with Andy Wilkinson riding.

In 2003, Rob English took on and beat the UK 4-man pursuit champions VC St Raphael in a 4000&nbsp;m challenge race at Reading, beating them by a margin of 4 min 55.5 s to 5 min 6.87 s – and dropping one of the St Raphael riders along the way.

In 2009 Team RANS won the [[Race Across America]] (RAAM) on recumbents.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.ransbikes.com/ITR79.htm
| title = Team RANS Wins RAAM
| author = Randy Schlitter
| access-date = 5 January 2010}}</ref>