Around the world in 195 days (and 6 hours) - on a bicycle

Meera Dolasia
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:55:25 -0800

Twenty-five year-old Mark Beaumont was on a mission - he wanted to establish a new record for being the fastest man around the world on a bicycle - and establish he did. He completed the trip in about 195 days, breaking the existing world record of 276 days, set by Steven Strange, by a whopping 81 days!