Have you seen this banana bike rolling through London, Canada?

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Have you seen this banana bike rolling through London? CBC.ca

London, Canada - After nearly two years piecing together a bright yellow Velomobile — an enclosed human-powered vehicle — Jon Deeks of London, Ont., took it out for an inaugural spin down the Thames Valley Parkway (TVP) and through Wortley Village this past weekend..

"It's a nine-foot long, bright yellow banana bike," said Deeks. "So, my feet are forward and I'm sitting in a very large chair. It's a very relaxing way to ride."

"I made the foolhardy decision to ride down the TVP and obviously it got a lot of attention," he said.

A couple of years ago, Deeks bought the yellow fibreglass shell on Kijiji. It was produced by a now-defunct business called Blue Velo in Collingwood, with the licensing rights from Quest, a company in the Netherlands.

Deeks has been working on it since then, purchasing special parts from Europe and locally to finish it off.

The recumbent bike is about as wide as a mountain bike and as long as a tandem bike.

"I saw lots of phones being pointed in my direction," said Deeks, who also rode through Wortley Village on Saturday.

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