Contemporary Ordinary/Penny Farthing?

wgwarburton

Hi,
I was in Crewe at the weekend and passed a bloke on an Ordinary (Penny Farthing), which was unusual enough, but the thing that really struck me was that it looked as if it was recently built... The frame looked like a fat aluminium tube, not a strip of Iron... and was painted blue, with a decal (that I don't have the details of), instead of being black.

Anyone know anything about it? Might have been a one-off, but it looked quite professionally done.

Cheers,
W.

Kieran_Burns

So not so much a penny farthing as a £2 10p?

wgwarburton

Kieran_Burns wrote:

So not so much a penny farthing as a £2 10p?

:-) Indeed- and not so ordinary, either...

Cheers,
W.

UndercoverElephant

http://tinyurl.com/69ffm4b

wgwarburton

UndercoverElephant wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/69ffm4b

Was that supposed to be helpful, in some way?

All I can see there is that daft toy with a 32" front wheel. Some of that may be down to the proxy restriction here at this site, but if you were able to point me in the right direction for a contemporary ordinary, that would be handy... in fact, that's what I asked, wasn't it?

Cheers,
W.

SimonAH

WGWarburton wrote:

UndercoverElephant wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/69ffm4b

Was that supposed to be helpful, in some way?

All I can see there is that daft toy with a 32" front wheel. Some of that may be down to the proxy restriction here at this site, but if you were able to point me in the right direction for a contemporary ordinary, that would be handy... in fact, that's what I asked, wasn't it?

Cheers,
W.

Oo hark at grumpy knickers!

Kieran_Burns

Found this:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strang ... 6215647378

and this:

http://www.lfgss.com/thread7687.html

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/oldsc ... -penny.php

wgwarburton

SimonAH wrote:

WGWarburton wrote:

UndercoverElephant wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/69ffm4b

Was that supposed to be helpful, in some way?

All I can see there is that daft toy with a 32" front wheel. Some of that may be down to the proxy restriction here at this site, but if you were able to point me in the right direction for a contemporary ordinary, that would be handy... in fact, that's what I asked, wasn't it?

Cheers,
W.

Oo hark at grumpy knickers!

Mr Grumpy-Knickers is none too impressed by being superciliously pointed at Google by a smart-arse with nothing useful to contribute... :-)

That little pile of parts in the corner was my sense of humour, feel free to poke it on your way past!

Cheers,
W.

Marcus_C

You can get one here: http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/penny-fa ... index.html

Was that the one you saw?

rolf_f

I've had a go on one of the little ones - a bit wibbly wobbly as you need to fight the steering at each pedal stroke but good fun. A real fixie

wgwarburton

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Found this:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strang ... 6215647378

and this:

http://www.lfgss.com/thread7687.html

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/04/oldsc ... -penny.php

I can't see the last link here at work- I'll try on my 'phone.

Sorry i didn't make myself clear- this wasn't a 32"/36" toy it was the Real Deal- the guy riding it looked to be about ten feet up (4' wheel, saddle and torso...).
I'd have insisted the guy driving me go back to look, if I hadn't been within seconds of missing my train!

Cheers,
W.

UndercoverElephant

Ah go on then, I'll be more helpful:

http://www.hiwheel.com/

Does that please Mr. Grumpy-Knickers-No-Google?