The penny-farthing was the first machine to be called a "bicycle". The name came from the British penny and farthing coins. The penny was much larger than the farthing coins, so the side view of the bicycle looked like a penny is leading a farthing coin. Here is a rare film of an official penny-farthing race 90 years ago, from 1928. | HistoryBites

Proper Way To Ride Penny Farthing 🚲 | The Outliners

Here’s a full video of assembling, riding and packing up a fully folding 50” Penny Farthing. It takes about 6 minutes to assemble and 3 minutes to pack down into a 90x40x40cm (35x16x16inch) wheeled luggage bag. I’ve been quietly developing these for the last couple of years, the original prototype has done about 2,500 kilometres and been packed 100’s of times without a single adjustment to the wheel. This is the first one available to a customer and has many refinements and finished in full nick

Spiderman was just spotted riding a penny-farthing through Bolton... 😂👏 | The Manc

The Grinch has been spotted riding a penny-farthing through Bolton, obviously 😂😂 | The Manc