The penny-farthing went out of fashion in the 1880s, despite the eff...  ...itchell is an engineer in Swindon, UK. His "Super- Farthing " is built with a Yamaha R6 sportbike. He machined...

Edward Otto had a better idea. As a safer alternat...  ...had a better idea. As a safer alternative to the penny-farthings of his day, he improved on the bicycle by inventi...

(Image credit: Keith Allison)From high-fives to ai...  ...dquo;6. THE WHEELIEDaniel Canary bought his first penny-farthing bike while working as a telegraph messenger and...

How a highly-heated walk-off between America's top...  ...rdquo;1. It was much faster and more nimble than penny-farthing bicycles—the kind with the absurdly overs...

All that's missing is some PBR and keffiyeh ... Found at Accordion Guy. See also: I Blame Hipsters...

What do you get when you add tractor tires to a penny-farthing

I don't know how you can ride for more than a mile...  ...t know how you can ride for more than a mile on a penny farthing {wiki}. No brakes, no gears, and no stopping, or...  ...on sometimes even railroad tracks. Naturally, the penny-farthing was not built for the same rugged terrain as a lo...  ...p://www.sidi...

Humans like to measure things - distance, mass,...  ...A third of a horsepower, about 250 watts. farthing - An old English word for quarter. A farthing means 1/4 of a penny . flock - Ever wonder how many birds are i...

After two and a half years, Joff Summerfield has c...  ...completed his quest to ride around the world on a penny farthing {wiki}. He built the bicycle himself. Mr Summer...  ...and New Zealand. In Australia, he raced in the Penny Farthing World Championships and came second in one of the...  ...he is not t...

Since the beginning of trade, communities have exp...  ...e we’re on the subject of British currency, the farthing was a coin worth a qurter of a penny . They stopped minting it in 1956. Canadian Tire...