There are plenty of different "highest speeds" recorded, so your question cant be answered unless you specify which kind of cycling you're thinking of:
- normal looking bicycle, unassisted, on the flat
- mostly normal looking bicycle, downhill
- special build, drafting behind a motor vehicle
- special build, streamlined, only human powered
- over a short distance - a sprint, or a longer run
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Depends on what you think of as a bicycle, and how it's allowed to be ridden. Fastest on something standard-looking on flat ground is about 60 km/h. Fastest unassisted on a faired recumbent is 70 MPH. Then there are downhill records, people drafting behind screening vehicles ASO