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What was a penny-farthing?
Early type of bicycle, with a huge front drive wheel and small rear wheel. The name comes from two coins of different size that were in use at the time. The pedals were solidly mounted to the front...
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How can you get on penny farthing?
They had climbing spurs along the "back bone", the tube that went between steerer tube and the small rear wheel.
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What was a penny farthing?
It refers to an old-fashioned bicycle with a very large front wheel (the "penny") and a very small rear wheel (the "farthing"). Such bicycles had their pedals directly attached to the front wheel -...
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Which Penny black or penny farthing or penny sweet?
A "Penny Black" was the first ever prepaid postage stamp.A "Penny Farthing" was a popular 19th century bicycle with a large front wheel and a small rear wheel.A "Penny Sweet" was a type of confection.
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Was the penny farthing dangerous?
Yes, quite. With the rider that high and that close to the front wheel axle they were prone to forward somersaults during hard braking. Lacking freewheels the pedals could give your feet a good whack...