Records with the Thys 209

    • CYCLE Vision 2014  43.873  km/h 

Timed during the one hour race by Derk Thijs.
This was not a pure time trial, there was some stayering allowed between riders.

  • Londen – Edinburgh – Londen 2009: Theo Homan does 1400 km in 3 days and 6 hours

Over 600 long distance specialists, mainly on racing bikes, appear at the start. In the end Theo only allows a German, an Irishman and four Italians, all on racing bikes, to finish before him.A remarkable achievement, because during ascending the rowingbike is somewhat slower than the racing bike. Theo’s just rode on during those three days, only stopping briefly for three hours of sleep during the second night.

Records with the Thys 222

  • 12 July 2000: WC Ghent, Werner de Hamer: 42,3 km – world hour record
  • 12 July 2000 WC Ghent, Beb Thijs: 36,2 km – world hour record
  • June 2000: Cycle Vision, race over 5 rounds, Werner de Hamer (photo), 41 km/hour on average
  • Juni 2000: Cycle Vision, 6 hour race: Bernadette Zevenhuizen, 176,44 km, Thys 222 Rowingbike

Records with the rowing tandem

  • 21 juni 2008: Cycle Vision, hour record: 45,1 km/h by Arno Seijbel and Derk Thijs

Records with the Thys 240

  • Cycle Vision 2004: Derk Thijs, 45,1 km/hour – hour record unfaired
  • Paris-Brest-Paris 2003, by Theo Homan in less than 63 hours.
  • 1998 in Lelystad: Derk Thijs, 1 hour record on unfaired Thys 240: 53,8 km
  • 1998 in Lelystad: Derk Thijs, 6 hour record on faired Thys 240: 47,9 km/h (photo)
  • September 1998: Derk Thijs, Paris – Amsterdam (540km) in 13 hours 53 minutes

Records set by Thijs and M5 Recumbents designed fairing

Several world records with the Thijs and M5 Recumbents designed and build body work on an M5 recumbent

  • World record one hour fully faired: 77.123 km, rode by Bram Moens on October 1 1994 on the test track of the Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer near Lelystad, the Netherlands. Record wasn’t broken until July 1996.
  • World record 100 kilometre gentlemen faired: 1 hour, 23 minutes and 46 seconds, rode by Bram Moens in September 1997, on the test track of the Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer near Lelystad, the Netherlands.
  • World record 24 hour gentlemen faired: 1021.359 kilometres, rode by Axel Fehlau on May 5/6 1996. This record has not been improved up to now.
  • World record 12 hour gentlemen faired: 607.617 kilometres, rode by Axel Fehlau on April 14 1995. This record has not been improved up to now.
  • World record 1000 kilometre gentlemen faired: 23 uur 21 minutes and 34 seconds, rode by Axel Fehlau on May 5/6 1995. This record has not been improved up to now.

Full fairing for recumbent by Derk Thijs and Bram Moens

This very fast recumbent fairing, also designed and build by Derk Thijs and Bram Moens, unfortunately didn’t fully exploit its record potential. Only the 543 km long non-stop race from Trondheim to Oslo in 1997 was won by Bram Moens in 13 hours and 46 minutes.
‘Funny’ detail is that during the race, when it became apparent that Bram would be going to win the race by superior force, the official regulation was swiftly changed. The result being that the first place and the attached price money went to the first finishing conventional racing bicycle! Since Bram’s ‘recumbent victory’ recumbents are banned from the event.