Sunday best and Penny farthings!
gert_lush
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Because the commuting section seems to be a outstanding source of bikey related knowledge I thought i would post this question here.
I am attending a wedding later this year and me and the groom will be doffing our finest suits and top hats, we thought it would be jolly good fun to turn upto the church on Penny Farthings..at least the last 100m if we cant manage more, the question is where on earth (preferably in the south/southwest region) can you hire Penny farthings from?
There seems to be a massive hole in the market here!! Anyone would think they were unpracticle, old and dangerous!
cheers guys'n'gals
I am attending a wedding later this year and me and the groom will be doffing our finest suits and top hats, we thought it would be jolly good fun to turn upto the church on Penny Farthings..at least the last 100m if we cant manage more, the question is where on earth (preferably in the south/southwest region) can you hire Penny farthings from?
There seems to be a massive hole in the market here!! Anyone would think they were unpracticle, old and dangerous!
cheers guys'n'gals
FCN 8 mainly
FCN 4 sometimes
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gert_lush wrote:Because the commuting section seems to be a outstanding source of bikey related knowledge I thought i would post this question here.
I am attending a wedding later this year and me and the groom will be doffing our finest suits and top hats, we thought it would be jolly good fun to turn upto the church on Penny Farthings..at least the last 100m if we cant manage more, the question is where on earth (preferably in the south/southwest region) can you hire Penny farthings from?
There seems to be a massive hole in the market here!! Anyone would think they were unpracticle, old and dangerous!
cheers guys'n'gals
It's usually considered poor form the kill the groom on the day of the wedding.Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
girv73 wrote:itboffin wrote:It's usually considered poor form the kill the groom on the day of the wedding.
There are exceptions though, eg: if the bride finds out what happened on the stag night.
What goes on tour ....Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
http://www.theoldbicycleshowroom.co.uk/ ... -110-c.asp
Don't know if these people can help you, might be worth a phone call though.0 -
itboffin wrote:
hahah
Yes I think he has had to pass the idea past the missus, but hey, how hard can it be!!!
I imagine I would get into quite possibley the most trouble ever if we turned up with torn clothes, infact my 'best man' status could quite possibley be very quickly revoked and changed to 'worst man'
thanks for that site link Batch78 I will check it out
FCN 8 mainly
FCN 4 sometimes0 -
Slight digression, but when I was a kid my next door neighbours used to race penny farthings (or "Old Ordinarys"). They had to be original, and were splendid pieces of Victorian engineering, black enamel(?) ovoid cross-sections and surprisingly light.
They didn't enter the slow races or the trick races (apparently there were bunny hops...)
But they did get sponsered to compete in Hobart, and in Japan.
They still live near my Dad, and are the only people I know to refer to "normal" bicycles as "safety bicycles" in everyday conversation.
Maybe modern penny farthings could be the fixie of tomorrow...0
