The Penny Farthing bicycle obtained its name from the penny and farthing coins of the time. The bike was made entirely of metal instead of wood and the tires were rubber. The high centre of ...

The penny farthing was produced primarily in England and the United States, their hey-day being the 1880s. The name was derived from two English coins, the penny and the farthing, the former being ...

Neatly enough, it all revolves around the penny-farthing bicycle. It's also the largest penny-farthing bicycle gathering in London since 1880. Folks, the penny-farthing was invented in 1871 by ...