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These are the recent record jumps, so it depends what you consider marginal vs. significant gains:
"On land, the speed record registered by a rider on a 200-meter flying start speed trial was 133.28 km/h (82.82 mph) by the Canadian Sam Whittingham riding the Varna Tempest, a streamliner recumbent bicycle in 2009.[13] at Battle Mountain, Nevada. His record has been surpassed by 0.5 km/h by Sebastiaan Bowier of the Netherlands in 2013 setting the new record of 133.78 km/h (83.13 mph). The record was again surpassed on 19 September 2015 by Todd Reichert by riding the ETA, a streamlined recumbent bicycle at 86.65 mph or 139.45 km/h from the team behind the AeroVelo Atlas human-powered helicopter.[14][15] Todd Reichert broke his own record again on September 17, 2016 to set a speed of 89.58 mph, or 144.17 km/h at the 2016 WHPSC. [12]"
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Oh cool, I didn't know that.
I guess any performance will be marginal from what they can currently achieve, or is there still ways to go significantly faster, without drafting?