London, July 11 (ANI): A Cuban cyclist is confident that he has the world's tallest bike and is waiting for official confirmation from the Guinness Book of World Records.
Felix Guirola, a former welder who builds his own contraptions, has been riding his 18ft-high bicycle through the narrow streets of Old Havana, dodging low-hanging electricity cables, potholes and pedestrians to the astonishment of passers-by.
To mount or descend from his bike, he needs the assistance of three people.
"I've never been much of a cyclist, but I really like riding tall bikes," the Telegraph quoted Guirola telling a foreign news agency.
"I don't know if this interests Cubans, but it interests me. This is my hobby," he said.
The current record-holder is Canadian Terry Goertzen, who achieved the title in 2004.
But Guirola claimed that even as Goertzen was claiming his record, he was already pedalling the world's tallest bike - he just never knew to register the feat with officials at Guinness.
"Nobody ever told me anything," he said.
Guirola has now let officials know that he has what he believes to be the world's tallest bicycle and is awaiting official confirmation.
A vendor of small household items by day, and a renowned tinkerer in his spare time, Guirola crafted his first bike - one that was 6.5ft-high - in 1983.
He thought he might use it in some way to raise money to help his disabled sister, who died in 1994.
Since then, his bicycles have grown in scale. He now plans to go even bigger, constructing one that will soar to 39 feet. (ANI)
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