Dhaka: BDCyclists, a community based social network of cyclists, has broken the Guinness World Records of Longest single line of moving bicycles.

The announcement was made by the Guinness World Records authorities on 17 January.

According to a statement released on its official website, the longest single line of moving bicycles consists of 1,186 cyclists, achieved during an event organised by BDCyclists (Bangladesh), in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 16 December, 2016.

‘All cyclists remained in a continuous single line for the attempt.’

A total of 1186 people joined the event and it was taken place on the 300 Feet Road, International Convention City, Bashundhara, Dhaka.

The previous record was held by the Cyclist Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The broke the record initially created by USA by riding 984bicycle in an event organised during the Sarajevo Grand Prix in Sarajevo in 2015.