Starting on January 1st 2015 Steven Abraham commenced an attempt to beat Tommy Godwin's record set in 1939.

He has to cycle more than 75,065 miles in 365 days. The target to beat was 75,065 miles (click here to see how far 75,065 miles is). That is an average of over 205 miles a day, every day, for a year.

Steve was firmly on track to achieve his goal when he was struck by a careless motorcycle rider on 29 March 2015, breaking his leg above the ankle. The accident meant that Steve had to completely stop riding for two weeks - and then resume cycling gradually, using just one leg to pedal. During this recovery period he was riding a modified ICE Vortex racing recumbent trike, which assisted in his rehabilitation to two legged-riding. But he lost thousands of miles against his world record schedule and although his recovery was still not complete he eventually reached a point where he felt he could give his all once more - and launched a second attempt at his Highest Annual Mileage record attempt on 8 August 2015. He abandoned this attempt when it became obvious his fitness had been compromised by the accident and lack of time to recover. He made a third attempt in 2017 and currently holds the record for his age-group.



Steve was backed by a team of volunteers who organised everything from sponsorship and donations to providing food, accommodation and maintenance each night.



