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.

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Steve on the bike, on Youtube.

Steve set off at a minute past midnight on the 4th of March 2017.  This was the start of his third attempt on the HAM'R record for distance cycled in a year.  He organisied this attempt rather differently, as detailed on his Facebook page, and invited others to ride with him.

As you can guess, Steve’s year record ride has captured the imagination of many a cyclist. Steve received a large number of requests from riders who wanted to spend time either cycling alongside him or have him attend their organised event during his last attempts. Steve is grateful for each and every request along with the support they convey. Steve does welcome company while he is riding, so please read on for advice on the best way to do so. However, complying with all of these requests to ride in your local area or on your event would put his challenge at risk. Let’s try and explain why.

Steve announced that he was going to attempt to break the UMCA record for distance cycled in a month (30 days), starting on September 2nd.

At the end of the 30 day period he had broken the record with a total of  7104.3 miles.

The Year Record

He is now continuing his current attempt on the year record.  This was broken by Kurt Searvogel in 2016 with 76,076 miles, and again by Amanda Coker this year, with a total of 86,573.2 miles.