Cycling enthusiast builds record tallest bike in India to raise awareness

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Published on September 28, 2020 - Duration: 05:06s

Cycling enthusiast builds record tallest bike in India to raise awareness

A 42-year-old man in northern India has designed a bicycle that is almost twice as tall as the average person.


Cycling enthusiast builds record tallest bike in India to raise awareness

A 42-year-old man in northern India has designed a bicycle that is almost twice as tall as the average person.

Rajeev Kumar alias Johny, from Chandigarh, Punjab, has built a modified bicycle that is eight-feet-six-inches-tall which can be adjusted to 10.6 feet and nine feet in length weighing just over 70kg (154lbs).

"I always wanted to stand out in the crowd.

Since childhood, I was tall.

Which led to difficulties in riding normal bicycles.

I used to raise the seat, and once I raised it so much I couldn't reach the pedals.

One of my friends suggested that I should raise the pedals too.

From then on, I wanted to make a modified bicycle," Kumar commented.

"I made my first bicycle in class 10 of my school.

It was just four-feet-tall.

However, soon it rusted and broke down.

Hence, this time I have made the bicycle out of pure steel," he added.

Kumar who has already entered India's Limca Book of Records is on a mission to make more and more people embrace riding a bicycle.

"In 1996, I made my first tour from Chandigarh to Delhi.

I travelled the distance on a six-feet-tall bicycle over 16 hours.

That was my first entry in the Limca Book of Records," Kumar stated.

"Recently in 2019, I completed another tour from Chandigarh to Mumbai.

It took me two months for the journey travelling over 5100kms. It was a dream come true for me," he added.

As of 2020, Kumar has completed at least six tours across India, earning several records including Unique Book of Records and India book of records.

"The recent bicycle that have I made took me two years to complete.

It cost me a little over Rs 1 lakh ($1,357).

I started building it in 2011 and was launched in 2013.

It runs at a speed of 25 km per hour (15 miles per hour).

Its frame has a structure that resembles Chandigarh's Open Hand monument," he remarked.

The monument is an emblem and symbol of the Government of Chandigarh and symbolizes "the hand to give and the hand to take; peace and prosperity, and the unity of mankind.

Kumar is preparing this cycle for his most crucial voyage of Kashmir to Kanyakumari, a route from the extreme north to south of India, but plans were delayed owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

"The next bicycle will be even taller than this.

It will be made out of pure carbon fibre and will weigh around 20kgs (44lbs).

With this, I want to set a record for Guinness World Record and make my nation proud," he said.

Kumar wishes to spread awareness of riding bicycles to reduce carbon footprints and in turn promote a green environment.

"My motive to ride is to spread awareness on saving the environment.

I want the younger generation to be aware of rising pollution and global warming.

The youths in our country don't use bicycle, they feel ashamed to ride it.

But I want to inspire them to use a bicycle at least once a week," Kumar concluded.

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