Heat for speed: preparing the world's fastest male bicycle ride Neil Campbell, the fastest European ever on a bicycle, prepares to break the Guinness World land speed record of 167 mph for a man on a bicycle. In the slipstream of a car at the former Elvington Airfield, the rider trains and tests the parachute that is meant to slow him down after his record attempt in August. Campbell is aiming for the title of "Fastest bicycle speed in slipstream (male)". Last September American cyclist Denise Mueller-Korenek reached 183,931 mph. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES