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.... make women ride them side saddle too!
Easier to dismount, no?
I dismounted by going over the bars. Never forget a penny farthing hasn't got a freehub.
The bike on the right is different. Is "penny farthing" the correct name for it?
^^ I did wonder about the wheel size.
Perhaps it was a new standard?!
Early version of the cannondale lefty?
Ironically the bike on the right?
Woah .. Hold up .
Does the bike on the right have both cranks on the left?
Mind. Blown.
Riding Penny Farthings is pretty easy. Stopping and getting off is where it starts to get tricky!
Worst fauxtoshop ever. I can still see the strings.
Not much mud clearance there...
..... not very long, low or slack either.
>50" wheels though - clearly a step up from a 29er. Should be good for clearing obstacles...
@greyspoke They're an ordinary bicycle. There's a modem one around these parts ridden by a hipster in tweed during the summer.