Lincoln jeweller's bike hobby turns heads in local village

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Lincoln jeweller's bike hobby turns heads in local village The Lincolnite

Lincoln, Lincolnshire - The owner of a local jewellery business is the rider of a quirky red Velomobile bicycle which has been the talking point in a village near Lincoln.

Footage was captured last week of the human-powered bicycle in Welton and The Lincolnite caught up with the vehicle’s owner John Greed, who told us about his Trisled Aquila 3.

John is the founder and joint owner of John Greed Jewellery Ltd, which now operates online, and preparing to expand back into its old warehouse on Firth Road in Lincoln.


The 54-year-old, who lives in Nettleham, said the moment he was caught on camera was a practice ride on a “good piece of tarmac” from Welton through to Normanby-by-Spital.

John was practising ahead of two days of racing at the British Human Powered Club at Darley Moor in Derbyshire over the August Bank Holiday weekend. He purchased the vehicle from Australia for around £9,000 and bought another at the racing event.

He competed in the Velomobile class and won three races – 15 minutes, 40 minutes, and two hour, but ...

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