The fastest measured speed of driving a bicycle on a flat surface is 133.75 km/h.

With a speed of 296.009 km/h, Denise Mueller-Korenek is the current record holder of the fastest bicycle speed in the slipstream.

With a speed of 296.009 km/h, Denise Mueller-Korenek is the current record holder of the fastest bicycle speed in the slipstream.Mueller-Korenek's record-breaking feat saw her ride her custom-made bike across the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on September 16, 2018. In order to reach her record-breaking speed, the former US national track, road and mountain bike champion was pulled along by tow rope at 100 mph, before being released to pedal herself.

From that point she was riding in the slipstream of the dragster for 3.5 miles, achieving the record average of 183.9 m/h over the last mile.

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