Ken Webb

Ken Webb
Personal information
Borncirca 1929
England
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad - Endurance rider
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Major wins
  • Claimant of 'World Endurance record for a single year'
    - 80,647 miles (129,789 km) in 1972
  • Claimant of World record for 100,000 miles (160,000 km)
    in 448 days throughout 1972-1973

Ken Webb is an English cyclist who at 42 claimed the world record for distance cycled in a year.[1] He calculated that on 7 August 1972[1][2] he passed the 75,065 miles (120,805 km) set by another Briton, Tommy Godwin, and that he finished the year with 80,647 miles (129,789 km). He rode on to claim the record for 100,000 miles (160,000 km) in 448 days. Both records appeared in the Guinness Book of Records but were later removed.

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