Ken Webb
Year Record holder Country Distance
1911 Marcel Planes France 34,666 miles ( 55,790 km )
1932 Arthur Humbles Great Britain 36,007 miles ( 57,948 km )
1933 Ossie Nicholson Australia 43,966 miles ( 70,756 km )
1936 Walter Greaves Great Britain 45,383 miles ( 73,037 km )
1937 Bernard Bennett England 45,801 miles ( 73,710 km )
1937 René Menzies France 61,561 miles ( 99,073 km )
1937 Ossie Nicholson Australia 62,657 miles ( 100,837 km )
1939 Bernard Bennett England 65,127 miles ( 104,812 km )
1939 Tommy Godwin England 75,065 miles ( 120,805 km )
2017 Amanda Coker ( female ) United States 86,573.2 miles ( 139,326.34 km )
World endurance record for distance cycled in a single year
In 1911 the weekly magazine , Cycling began a competition for the greatest distance cycled in a single year . The first holder was Marcel Planes of France , with 34,666 miles ( 55,790 km ) . The distance was untouched for more than 20 years . Then followed a succession of claims in the 1930s , including two by an Australian professional , Ossie Nicholson , one by a one-armed vegetarian named Walter Greaves and another by Charles de Gaulle 's chauffeur , René Menzies . In 1939 the distance leapt from 65,127 miles ( 104,812 km ) by an Englishman , Bernard Bennett , to 75,065 miles ( 120,805 km ) established by Tommy Godwin . In 2016 , under the supervision of the Ultra Marathon Cycling Association ( UMCA ) , Kurt Searvogel ( US ) broke Tommy Godwin 's record by riding 76,076 miles in one year . On 14 May 2017 Amanda Coker broke Searvogel 's UMCA and Guinness World record when she finished her year with 86,573.2 miles ( 139,326.34 km ) . [ 3 ]
Ken Webb is an English cyclist who at 42 claimed the world record for distance cycled in a year. He calculated that on 7 August 1972 he passed the set by another Briton, Tommy Godwin, and that he finished the year with . He rode on to claim the record for in 448 days. Both records appeared in the Guinness Book of Records but were later removed.