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Since 1995, the fastest person to ride a bicycle over ground was Dutch cyclist Fred Rompelberg, who rode behind a car at 167 MPH. That record has been obliterated by 45-year-old Denise Mueller-Korenek, who teamed up with a professional race car driver Shea Holbrook to reach 183.932 MPH over the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

The dragster has fairing on the back that essentially looks like a closet, to protect the cyclist from the wind. Behind it, Mueller-Korenek sat on a bike with gearing so steep that she needed to be towed to about 100 mph before taking over under her own power.

The tow rope was released some 1.5 miles into the run, Mueller-Korenek said on Facebook, “leaving 3.5 miles in the draft to achieve an average speed for the last mile of 183.9mph (between mile 4 & 5)!”