The Penny Farthing bicycle obtained its name from the penny and farthing coins of the time. The bike was made entirely of metal instead of wood and the tires were rubber. The high centre of ...

A penny farthing is a nickname for an old fashioned bicycle which had a large wheel at the front and a much smaller one behind. The penny and farthing were coins familiar to your grandparents and ...

Scots cyclist Mark Beaumont has broken the British record for the distance ridden on a Penny Farthing in one hour ... The front wheel was a whopping 56in (1.42 metres) and there was still no ...

Suitably dressed in tweed, a 68-year-old penny farthing rider was one of 140 cyclists who helped break numerous world records ...