Sam Whittingham
Sam Whittingham is a Canadian cyclist who has held several world records on recumbent bicycles.
, he holds the following world records under the sanction of the International Human Powered Vehicle Association:
- The 200 m flying start : 133.284 km/h on 2009-09-18.
- First unpaced cyclist ever to break the deci-mach mark : 132.50 km/h on 2008-09-18. To date, only one other person has accomplished this milestone.
- The 1000 m flying start : 128.40 km/h on 2001-10-06.
- The 1 mile flying start : 126.55 km/h on 2001-10-06.
- The hour record: 90.724 km on 2009-07-17.
In 1993 he also held the record for the 200 m flying start.
Sam Whittingham is founder, designer and builder for , a custom bicycle and accessory fabrication company based on Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada. The company was originally named Forte bicycles before a name change in April 2006.
Whittingham won the President's Award, the People's Choice Award and the Best of Show Award at the 2008 North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Portland, Oregon with an ornate fixed-gear bicycle that blended 1890s-style wooden rims and grips with modern hubs and a front disk brake. This bike was then sold to Lance Armstrong.
Sam Whittingham is the grandson of screenwriter Jack Whittingham, who wrote the first James Bond screenplay.
He currently resides on Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada with his family of four. One of whom attends the University of Victoria.
