London: US President Joe Biden offered a hand built bicycle to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as his gift. He gifted the bicycle for their first in person meeting ahead of the G7 Summit in Cornwall this weekend.

A small bicycle company in Philadelphia, US to build a red, white and blue bike that normally takes months to construct. Johnson is a keen cyclist and is often pictured cycling on the streets of London, with his security detail in pursuit.

Biden is also known as a regular cyclist and was revealed to be a fan of indoor cycling with Peloton. The Biden’s gifted bike was made by Bilenky Cycle Works, a business with a staff of four who usually take up to 18 months to make a machine.

Stephen Bilenky, the owner of the company was contacted by the US State Department on May 23 about designing the bike and a matching helmet. The cost of the bicycle is $1,500, a third of the minimum price the firm charges. Bilenky told the media that he had accepted the order to raise the firm’s profile and that controlled chaos followed.

Johnson’s gift for the US President was a framed picture of a mural showing the American anti-slavery campaigner Fredrick Douglass. The image of the former slave, who became a leading figure in the 19th century slavery abolitionist movement, is part of Edinburgh’s mural trail.

US First Lady Jill Biden was given a first edition of ‘The Apple Tree’ by Daphne du Maurier, the English author who lived in Cornwall, while Carrie Johnson was presented with a leather tote bag made by military wives and a Presidential silk scarf.