Did you know? In the UK, speed limits only apply to motor vehicles; meaning that if your body can handle it, you can legally cycle faster than a car is allowed to drive on a given stretch of road.
Austria's Markus Stoeckl, 33, set a new world record at the weekend for series mountain bikes on a renovated high-speed La Parva run in the Chile's Alps when he hit a speed of 210.4 km/h (130.7 mph). He shattered an eight-year-old record by an incredible 23 km/h (14 mph).