It's the world's oldest, toughest cycling record: set by Tommy Godwin in 1939, the greatest distance covered by a cyclist in a year still stands at 120,805km/75,065 miles.
But all that could be about to change. Bruce Berkeley, a New Zealand-born bike mechanic based in southwest London, is one of a few current challengers taking on the record. Every day of 2016, he will need to cycle just shy of 330km – which will see him cover 121,000km in total. And he'll be recording every pedal stroke on Strava.
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In this video, Bruce takes us through the logistics and the kit that will make the attempt possible, and he answers the biggest question: why would someone put themselves through such an ordeal in the first place?
Bruce will be blogging exclusively for BikeRadar throughout his record attempt, so stay tuned for more.
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