If you live in north Denver, you probably already know Paul Brekus -- or at least have smiled and waved as he biked merrily past you, perched atop his 1885 Victor replica penny-farthing bicycle.

By Andrew MeleSpecial to the Advance STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The penny-farthing, also known as the High Wheel, High Wheeler or Ordinary, is a cycle with a huge front wheel and a much smaller rear ...

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 ...

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 ...

The penny-farthing racing scene has really kicked off around the world. The people I was selling to were bike nuts, but they had everything and didn't realize they could buy a modern penny-farthing." ...

Their 2018 album was called Penny-Farthings from Heaven. He’s also taught dance lessons in Philly for about 20 years, specializing in swing. So old-timey cool – which the penny-farthing drips ...

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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.

The YikeBike could more appropriately be called the YikesBike. The small front wheel, upright position and hands-behind stance all say one thing: pothole-faceplant. The little electric penny ...