Prometheus
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legrandefromage":3fosa9ss said:
Her as in 2nd from the right :shock:
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Her as in 2nd from the right :shock:
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...short story. A good friend of mine owns a machine shop (he did all the ealry proto stuff for DB at Manitou. Anyway, his brother is Mike Rust (MTB Hall of Fame). My friend builds ordinary bikes on the side. More interesting pictures on his site.....
http://rmhwonline.com/PhotoGallery.html
...bitd, these guys would enter regular bike races.... and win on their penny bikes! :shock:
http://rmhwonline.com/PhotoGallery.html
...bitd, these guys would enter regular bike races.... and win on their penny bikes! :shock:
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is that chuck norris riding a penny farthing?
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Chuck Norris eats ordinary bikes and craps MTBs. 
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Are beards compulsory?
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There's a guy over in East Yorkshire who bikes everywhere on a Victorian Penny farthing, not one of the modern smaller wheeled versions, the big wheel is over 6 foot in diameter, with a gearbox drive and goes at a fair lick, most of the local roadies can't keep anything like up with him,, its not great on sharp bends though! the guy is about 6 foot 10 tall mind you, most folks couldn't even reach the pedals!
There's a guy over in East Yorkshire who bikes everywhere on a Victorian Penny farthing, not one of the modern smaller wheeled versions, the big wheel is over 6 foot in diameter, with a gearbox drive and goes at a fair lick, most of the local roadies can't keep anything like up with him,, its not great on sharp bends though! the guy is about 6 foot 10 tall mind you, most folks couldn't even reach the pedals!
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Prometheus":kzgcia1y said:
Well, I hope you don't mean second from the left!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:
'She' is the wife of the guy on the left who is probably the one mentioned by Wold Ranger. I promise not to tell him what's been said. He rides everywhere on an Ordinary. To him, bike development stopped in 1900. He's not very tall, it just appears that way when riding an Ordinary. I can tell you from my experience, it's an awful long way up when you're on one! He generally rides a 54" model which is average. The ones with bigger wheels have the geared drive because otherwise you couldn't get your legs on the pedals - unless you're a VERY peculiar shape!
I was riding a c.1900 Rover with fixed wheel and solid tyres. In actual fact, once you get going they are very smooth and comfortable, the sort of thing you could ride all day - on flat smooth roads!
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