Bicycle ridden with a thousand fireworks blasts off

A bicycle secured with 1,000 rockets behind it has gone for a ride in Licolnshire, lighting up the sky in a spectacular display of fireworks, the latest achievement by British inventor Colin Furze. 

Video shows Mr Furze riding – and about to blast off – on his custom-built rocket laden bicycle near his Lincolnshire home.

The 37-year-old inventor is a well-known creator of crazy inventions, a lot of which include explosions.

Waiting for the sun to set, Mr Furze sets off batches of the fireworks by pushing a button on the bicycle’s handlebars. He essentially turns into a moving parade of firework.

He said: ‘When I was sitting on the bike, I was only one foot away from the first box of rockets, so I was quite nervous.

‘I’m not usually too worried about trying out my inventions but I knew with this one that once I pressed the button I couldn’t reverse it.’

Mr Curze, a former plumber, was not harmed.

The 37-year-old inventor and internet sensation was understandably nervous about setting off 1,000 rockets directly behind him

A button located on the custom-made bicycle’s handlebars allowed Colin Furze to set off the rockets himself

He sets off 2 different batches of rockets that were placed in two different places in the bicycle