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Eric Evens uses this bicycle to pursue his hobby. It's a chain-driven safety bicycle made by Humber, in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. Specialist cycling equipment has been fixed to it: a milometer has been added to front wheel to record distances and reads 664 miles, although it is likely touhave been reset at some point during the bicycle's life. A dynamo powers the twin headlights and rear light, and Eric made protective covers for them both and added an on/off switch to the front wheel. A right hand mirror sits on handlebars. Other items have been ingeniously modified or home-made from scratch to fit his exacting requirements. There's a homemade leather mud-flap on front wheel and wire fixtures to hold the valve caps on the tyres. Luggage accessories weren't necessarily available or affordable, so Evens made them for himself. There's a rack on the handlebars to carry his wet weather gear and two homemade or adapted saddlebags, one of which is made from leather and crocodile / snake skin. The centre of the bike frame has been used to store a custom-fitted satchel made of wood and canvas, with the frame cushioned with pieces of old tyre strapped to it.