Bike World Records

Jose Manuel Martin Molina flips his red BMX upside down in a parking garage in Ayamonte, Spain, stands it on its front end with the back wheel pointing at the ceiling, and climbs onto the pedals. From there he bounces the whole bike off the concrete 27 times in just over nine seconds, then jumps clear and catches the bike before it tips. We counted every hop frame by frame in his single continuous take, and the sound of each landing matches the count. Riding a bike is hard enough the right way up.

Martin Tuson performed 63 BMX front hops using his left leg.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina performed 157 BMX front hops while standing on the frame. Molina has set several RecordSetter marks, and this category is part of an active group of BMX riders who have been trading competitive records.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina turns his BMX handlebars around backwards, stands up with both feet on the top tube and front hops 158 times through an underground parking garage in Ayamonte, Spain. The single take runs about 54 seconds with the back wheel in the air the whole time: he hops from the far garage door up to the camera, passes it side-on, then turns and hops back the way he came. RecordSetter's frame-by-frame motion count backs up his 158 at a steady pace of about three hops per second. Even the steering works in reverse on this one.

Martin Tuson performed 140 BMX front scuff hops.

58-year-old BMX rider Martin Tuson of Bangor, Northern Ireland, did 148 inverted-grip front hops in a row in the Bangor Elim Church car park on a windy day. With his palms facing up on the bars, he keeps the rear wheel in the air and bounces on the front wheel for close to 50 seconds without stepping off. The run is filmed in one continuous take, and its pace matches the 148-hop count. Not bad for a blustery afternoon.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina of Ayamonte, Spain stands on the front pegs of his red BMX and pogo hops on the front wheel, rear wheel held high, for 768 hops in an underground parking garage. The low-angle video is a single 5 minute 23 second take with no cuts, and he bounces his way from the far garage door right up to the camera without ever touching down. RecordSetter checked the footage frame by frame and found a steady rhythm of about three hops per second, more than enough to cover his count. Legs of steel, and a garage floor that has seen a lot of rubber.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina grips the handlebars of his parked red BMX, walks his feet high up a whitewashed wall in Ayamonte, Spain, and lowers himself toward the bars and presses back up 22 times. The 39 second clip is one continuous take, with his feet on the wall from the first press until he steps down and two short pauses with his arms locked out. RecordSetter counted every press frame by frame, each one bending his elbows and finishing with straight arms. Think of it as an upside-down push-up on a bike that has to stay perfectly still.

Seven-year-old Parker Gray sat on his BMX in a quiet street in Newport, South Wales, while his mum and dad turned a long blue skipping rope over him, and he bunny hopped the bike clear of it 17 times in a row. The video was shot on a phone held in one turner's rope hand, and RecordSetter counted the rope turns in the single unedited take: 18 turns in about 24 seconds, with the 18th catching his front wheel to end the run. Skipping is hard enough without a bike under you.

Rob Peterson recorded 120,185 miles on his stationary bicycle. He set the record to raise funds for National MS Society. Read more about the feat here.

Biresh Prasad pedaled backwards on a bicycle a cumulative distance of 52,000 kilometers from 2004 to 2023. He rode his bicycle in 63 different countries.

Jose Manuel Martin Molina rides his red BMX across a palm-lined plaza in Ayamonte, Spain, and five times in 20 seconds he pitches forward over the handlebars, flips upside down and lands on his feet. After every landing he grabs the bike, hops back on and rolls straight into the next one. We counted all five flips in his continuous 20-second clip, filmed from a fixed camera with the plaza's bandstand behind him. Most riders spend years trying not to go over the bars; he does it on purpose, on repeat.

Texas 4000, a group of University of Texas students preparing to cycle 4,000 miles to raise money to battle cancer, rode a trainer bike 31.50 miles in one hour, a new world record. Texas 4000 set the record during URDB’sBreakCancer party at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses.[][] [#BreakCancer01][] []: http://recordsetter.com/search/BreakCancer01

Zoilo Adalia completed 27 pedal rotations on a stationary bicycle in 10 seconds.

Zoilo Adalia completed 40 pedal rotations on a stationary bicycle in 15 seconds.

28 people from 2011 LIVESTRONG Texas 4000 Team lifted their bikes up and said “Break Cancer” following a 40-mile ride.