Bicycle Tuesday - Now in 4D!

Bicycle Trivia Time!

In keeping with planning for my Trivia Night Fundraiser, here are some bicycling trivia facts:

What is the price of the most expensive bike ever sold at auction?
$500,000 for the "Butterfly Bike" designed by artist Damien Hirst and ridden by Lance Armstrong during the final stage of the 2009 Tour de France.

What is the fastest speed ever achieved by a bicycle on a flat surface?
166.944 mph, set by Fred Rompelberg in 1995 while slipstreaming behind a dragster at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

What is the fastest speed ever achieved by a bicycle on a flat surface (unpaced - no slipstream)?
83.13 mph, set by Sebastiaan Bowier in 2013 in an aerodynamic recumbant bicycle in Battle Mountain, Nevada.

Which annual bicycle race takes riders from Oceanside, CA to Annapolis, MD (on the current course)?
The aptly named Race Across America. Most winners complete this race in under 10 days!!!

When was the first "human-powered land vehicle" created?
1418 by Giovanni Fontana.

No, this was not it.

The majority of a bicycle's parts exist in which bicycle component?
The chain.

How many bicycles are estimated to exist in the world?
1 billion, with 400 million of them in China alone.

The term "bicycle" was coined in which country?
France in the 1860s.

Who was first to circumnavigate the world on a bicycle?
Noone... that would be fairly impossible (without an amphibious bike)! Nevertheless, we do know that Fred A. Birchmore circled the globe by bicycle in 1935, using a boat for those pesky pond crossings.

What is the largest/longest network of bicycle trails and greenways in North America?
The La Route Verde in Canada, containing roughly 2,500 miles of trails.

Thanks for reading! If you're interested in more trivia, please consider coming to my Trivia Night Fundraiser on March 27th in Grasonville, MD!! More details are on the Trivia Night page!