This is Scunthorpe --THE man who designed the bike that helped Chris Boardman win Olympic gold and spearhead the revolution in British cycling has ridden into town.
Mike Burrows, who designed the Lotus bike that helped Boardman soar to gold in Barcelona, is one of Britain's best bicycle designers.
He has worked with fellow British cycling legend Graham Obree as well as celebrity cyclists such as Adam Hart-Davis.
Now he has come along in one of his famed reclining bikes to an event at Quibell Park held to allow fellow cyclists to race one another in their eye-catching machines.
The human-powered vehicles, as they call them, are similar to normal bikes in the way they work – but their designs vary wildly.
Mr Burrows, 70, from Norwich, built his first windcheetah – a type of human-powered vehicle – in 1980.
He decided to create the three wheeled vehicle to help him maintain fitness safely through the winter – because it was too icy on two wheels.
And the concept proved popular.
In an interview with the Telegraph, Mr Burrows – who has written a book on bike design – said: "It all started in 1980 when I had just got into cycling.
"I went to see an event in Brighton with human-powered vehicles and thought they were fantastic.
"I built my first human-powered vehicle in 1980 and called it a Windcheetah.
"The carbon pursuit bike I designed for Chris Boardman was the first carbon monocoque cycle.
"The biggest advantage of these machines is comfort.
"Human-powered vehicles are something that are getting more popular as time goes on.
"We compete around the country and Europe.
"It is great to visit so many different places."
Cyclists from the British Human Power Club (BHPC) took their designs to Quibell Park.
BHPC secretary Alan Goodman said: "This is the second lowest turn-out we have had, probably due to the heat.
"However, we still had a great day as there are so many different types of machines here today.
"I started competing in BHPC events in 2003 and never looked back. It is great fun."
Competitor Barney Harle, 43, from Huddersfield, said some of the machines can reach up to 40mph.
He said: "This will be the first time I have raced my new machine.
"It only took me a weekend to put together and I am going to keep adding bits and improving it."
Fellow racer Karl Sparenberg, who now owns a company called AVD that sells the bikes, said: "I fell off my normal bike and decided to buy a Windcheetah as a bit of fun and my enjoyment has grown from there.
"I now sell Windcheetahs all
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