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Yeah I've heard of the ones happening back in the day (probably from that guy's Godwin website, the one who was tweeting daily distances) but nothing about attempts that are recent history.
Is it a risky record though? I mean, there's risk with riding for so long but it's not like a freediving record or something crazy dangerous.
hippy
There were a handful of abortive attempts not long after Godwin and one that claimed around 82000 miles but wasn't accepted and was heavily discredited.
Steve's pondered it for a while and the thinking is that, it having been discussed around the internet for a bit, his decision to have a go has prompted the other two to chuck in. Not much is known about them on this side of the pond so they may have been considering it a while.
Steve and his crew were instrumental in getting the UMCA to set up a system of invigilation and verification. Guiness would have wanted at least £5000 to verify the claim and probably a lot more besides to monitor it. However, they effectively refused point blank to get involved on the grounds that they considered the record too dangerous to break. I think they've been caught out before by getting involved with record attempts that were very risky.