Listed below are the verified claims for the record listed. Cycling backwards - Current world record 1. Christian Adam of Lübeck, Germany, learned cycling at the age of 4 and started playing the violin in 1970. Since then, he has combined the two to set and break world records for cycling backwards. His current world record for cycling backwards with a violin is 60.45 kilometres (37.56 miles) in 5 hours, nine minutes. 2. On 24 May 2003, Markus Riese of Germany broke the distance record for riding a bicycle backwards in an hour when he achieved a distance of 29.1 kilometres (18 miles). He continued cycling until he broke the 50-kilometre record (31 miles), recording a world record time of 1:46:59 hours. The Book of Alternative records - World records, record breakers and more!