Shanaze Reade sets a new Guinness World Record

For those of you who have not heard of Shanaze Reade check her out – this girl is awesome! Starting aged 10 on the BMX track, by the time she was 17 Shanaze was Britain’s number one women’s rider, having competed in the elite men’s category throughout the British series to improve her skills. Soon world titles followed alongside track cycling to keep fit for BMX racing.

As it turned out Shanaze was pretty damn good at this too and found that her power and strength worked well in the velodrome. In 2007 she was chosen to be the lead-out rider in the women’s team sprint with Victoria Pendleton which lead to the pair winning world titles in 2007 and 2008.

We could easily go on to list a whole host of further achievement Shanaze has achieved but I wanted to point you in the direction of her latest feat – setting a new Guinness World Record! A few weeks ago Shanaze became the fastest person ever to cycle around a ‘Wall of Death’ on a pedal-powered bike.

A ‘Wall of Death’ is a silo or barrel-shaped wooden cylinder, typically ranging from 20 to 36 feet in diameter and made of wooden planks, inside which motorcyclists, (or a cyclist in this case!) travels along the vertical wall and perform stunts, held in place by friction and centrifugal force.

For more on this badass woman check out the full article by Road.cc. or follow Shanaze on Twitter.

Image main credit to Bristol BMX Club.