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KittyWampus

(55,894 posts) Tue Apr 14, 2015, 06:04 PM Apr 2015

On Your Mark- Get Set- GO! Penny Farthing Race 1928

Part of me is fascinated and yet also queasy thinking about falling off one of those things...

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On Your Mark- Get Set- GO! Penny Farthing Race 1928 (Original Post) KittyWampus Apr 2015 OP

The heck did people do that? shenmue Apr 2015 #1

There's a stepping peg on the back Brother Buzz Apr 2015 #2

Wowsers shenmue Apr 2015 #3

They are not really that hard Travis_0004 Apr 2015 #4

Was it a fixed gear or freewheel Brother Buzz Apr 2015 #5

It was a fixed gear. Travis_0004 Apr 2015 #6

I'm ready to ride. CK_John Apr 2015 #7

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

1. The heck did people do that?

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 06:15 PM

Apr 2015

Were ladders involved?

Brother Buzz

(36,415 posts)

2. There's a stepping peg on the back

Reply to shenmue (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 06:19 PM

Apr 2015

Still, I suspect there is a skill set one needs to make it all happen.

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

3. Wowsers

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 06:21 PM

Apr 2015

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)

4. They are not really that hard

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 06:31 PM

Apr 2015

Ive ridden one before. One huge advantage is knowing how to ride a 'normal' bike. I suspect if you have never ridden any bike learning how to ride a penny farthing would be much more difficult.

Brother Buzz

(36,415 posts)

5. Was it a fixed gear or freewheel

Reply to Travis_0004 (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 06:53 PM

Apr 2015

I've been ridding bicycles for almost sixty year. My latest build is a fixed gear, and it's the most punishing rides I've even experienced. I decided I'll leave the actual riding of the track bikes to the young bucks, and just stick to building them.