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Craig Frew | 10:31 UK time, Monday, 12 October 2009

Water pumps, concrete tile makers, sweetcorn shellers, nut crackers, food blenders and washing machines all powered by the wonders of the bicycle. During the course of the weekend Mark paid a visit to , an organisation who give old bikes a new lease of life by transforming them into farming machinery to help rural Guatemalan communities.

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Bike transformed into a corn in the cob sheller. .

Many of the bikes, are repaired and used within the community but some are recycled into some unusual and useful farming machinery.

Discover the and see if you can figure out how to use them!

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