Penny Farthing?

mfin

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ammaco-AMMACO-P ... B005M2AF4W

...on offer for anyone who wants to ride around a city like an attention seeking twonk?

ugo.santalucia

Those are very small... There are instead some replicas of the real high wheel but they flog for over 1 k... They are beautiful.
Check Ebay

lotus49

ugo.santalucia wrote:

Those are very small... There are instead some replicas of the real high wheel but they flog for over 1 k... They are beautiful.
Check Ebay

So there are. That's not something I ever would have thought of looking for but the bargain price of £1,450 will buy this somewhat intimidating looking bicycle http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Penny-Farthin ... 337ed68116.

I'd love to have a go on one somewhere safe but I cannot imagine who their target market is.

ugo.santalucia

lotus49 wrote:

ugo.santalucia wrote:

Those are very small... There are instead some replicas of the real high wheel but they flog for over 1 k... They are beautiful.
Check Ebay

So there are. That's not something I ever would have thought of looking for but the bargain price of £1,450 will buy this somewhat intimidating looking bicycle http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Penny-Farthin ... 337ed68116.

I'd love to have a go on one somewhere safe but I cannot imagine who their target market is.

I would love to own one, but an original to restore, rather than a replica. Some top end models were as light as 25 pounds, which is not far off a modern mountain bike or commuter

mroli

There's a bloke I know who rode one of these for a charity ride for the Sick Children's Trust. He's planning to graduate to a full size for his future expeditions - here he is in fact: http://www.justgiving.com/TheChaptain

I can't afford the £1.5k for one, but would think about one of these for charity stuff...

napoleond

I love watching the annual penny farthing race in Knutsford.

mroli

There's one at the nocturne races too I think (certainly in London).

Paul 8v

I've ridden a normal drop handled road bike along next to one and had a conversation with the rider, you start to get a sore neck!