Contemporary Ordinary/Penny Farthing?
wgwarburton
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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.
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.
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So not so much a penny farthing as a £2 10p?Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
Kieran_Burns wrote:So not so much a penny farthing as a £2 10p?
:-) Indeed- and not so ordinary, either...
Cheers,
W.0 -
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UndercoverElephant wrote:
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.0 -
WGWarburton wrote:UndercoverElephant wrote:
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!FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
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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.phpChunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
SimonAH wrote:WGWarburton wrote:UndercoverElephant wrote:
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.0 -
You can get one here: http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/penny-fa ... index.html
Was that the one you saw?- Genesis Equilibrium Athena
- Cannondale CAADX Force/105/Rival0 -
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 fixieFaster than a tent.......0
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Kieran_Burns wrote:
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,
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Ah go on then, I'll be more helpful:
http://www.hiwheel.com/
Does that please Mr. Grumpy-Knickers-No-Google?0