The internet is awash with budding mechanics undertaking some audacious builds. There are people like Whistlindiesel building jet-powered merry-go-rounds, another wrencher is working to restore a ...

An appeal has been made after the theft of a bicycle - a Victorian style penny farthing. ... Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210.

Called Penny Farming, ... The original penny-farthing bicycle had a big wheel up front with a smaller one out at the back, and was also known as a high-wheel cycle.

Since 1865 is also the year when inventor Karl Drais put the first set of pedals on the wooden Dandy Horse, as the penny-farthing was called, BASF set out to create the penny-farthing as it would ...

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Remarkably, an American staying in Weston-super-Mare got wind that Perry had a Penny Farthing cycle for sale. He contacted the shop to say he would like to see the bike so, ever eager for a sale ...

I dismounted from my penny-farthing in the heart of Makariv, a provincial Ukrainian town 35 miles west of the capital, Kyiv, and walked into a restaurant called Vasabi. It was deserted except for a ...

He’s riding a penny-farthing. It's not what you'd normally see along the Natchez Trace. ... If you have thoughts on this story, email me at Amanda.Roberts@NewsChannel5.com.

Known as the “ordinary” it was more commonly called the penny farthing. During the mid-19th century, bicycles were usually made of wood. ... Related to this story. Most Popular.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Jon Bicknell has completed what may be a historic first - riding a penny-farthing bicycle the entire length of the Natchez Trace Parkway, covering 444 miles in 11 days.

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