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 ...

not to mention how silly folks look spinning those seemingly small cranks to get that front wheel moving, how could you not smile? Still, some of the world's penny-farthing enthusiasts take this ...

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 ...

It is an amateur event open to anyone with a traditional or modern penny farthing with a wheel diameter in excess of 116cm (46 inches). The quickest riders are expected to take just over 13 ...

Early bicycles, called penny farthings, had a giant front wheel and a tiny back wheel ... I've never ridden a penny farthing, but I've always imagined that if I did, the answer would become ...

The Penny Farthing was one of the first contraptions ... unchanged" from how they would have been in the 1880s. The front wheel was a whopping 56in (1.42 metres) and there was still no air in ...