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The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:46 pm
by outnabike
Tasie is home to the Penny Farthing races in Evansdale.
This from last months caravan and Motorhome. A readers contribution. Great looking bikes.
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:42 pm
by Clydesdale Scot
on again on 16-24 Feb 2013.
I will be a spectator on the Sat.
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:04 pm
by RonK
The next part-time penny farthing building course is soon to commence at Brisbane North TAFE. If you want to build you own, get in quick.
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:35 pm
by Saro28
I was talking to Alan Sumner today,(very Rare chance) PF builder and Racer still at his shop, about getting some wheels rebuilt for my 1956 Healing, Sorry he said I'm off to Tassie for the races, can't help ya till Feb'. Really enjoyed the chat with him, so many topics to cover, from,
" I used to be a distributor for Healing" to the 50's downturn through to the cycling revival, bmx, "kids had their bikes all over the path they did" and "this bloke came up the path at such a rate and he wasn't even pedaling" (electric)
I look forward to getting back to the shop with my wheels. And what a shop it is, you CANNOT go anywhere in the shop without stepping on some sort of shop stock, it is filled full of hardware and cycling stuff from decades past and even Velocity wheels.
http://www.evandalevillagefair.com/inde ... chive.html
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:14 pm
by Clydesdale Scot
and the racing was excellent.
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:19 pm
by outnabike
Clydesdale Scot wrote:and the racing was excellent.
Great pic , these blokes are really competing. I would not like to roll a tyre at that height off the road either.
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 5:07 pm
by Clydesdale Scot
the only issue was when a mouse ran from one of the hay bales and under a rear wheel, which caused the rear wheel to slide, with the rider over the bale into a spectator... eek
check out the bike angle in the slalom racing
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:03 pm
by marc2131
Clydesdale Scot wrote:the only issue was when a mouse ran from one of the hay bales and under a rear wheel, which caused the rear wheel to slide, with the rider over the bale into a spectator... eek
.... I heard it was someone's mother ... double eek.
Apparently she was compensated by getting one of the winner's medal. Total gentleman.
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:24 pm
by hewey
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:08 pm
by Riggsbie
Where can you try or even buy a Penny Farthing ?
Looks really scary but fun as well......
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Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:09 pm
by Riggsbie
Surely tweed and top/bowler hats should be mandatory ?
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Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:20 pm
by wurtulla wabbit
Clydesdale Scot wrote:and the racing was excellent.
Jeez, look at the teeth on that guy ! He could eat an apple through a tennis racket !
love the pic though, very cool !
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:18 pm
by Clydesdale Scot
no lycra here, and he was in a class of his own
The womens race, most took it seriously, Bell did not.
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:58 pm
by Saro28
Err, third wheel has a brake
and fourth is side saddle
Thanks for the pic's lads
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:04 pm
by rollin
That's very cool, totally agree Anyone wearing Lycra on a pf should be disqualified or slapped..
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:04 pm
by RonK
When you build the penny yourself, you can wear what you damn well please.
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 11:59 am
by Summernight
Love the side saddle but jeez she'd have to have good balance. And the brake levers on the other one just makes that bike a perfect commuter.
But how did the unicyclist get up onto his one?
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:59 pm
by Clydesdale Scot
Summernight wrote:But how did the unicyclist get up onto his one?
with a little help from his friends to start, then he did a full lap on the monster unicycle.
Summernight wrote:Love the side saddle but jeez she'd have to have good balance
Bell raced side-saddle, and she also was standing on the seat, etc (no photos as I was in disbelief) during a parade lap.
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:19 pm
by find_bruce
rollin wrote:That's very cool, totally agree Anyone wearing Lycra on a pf should be disqualified or slapped..
Totally disagree, Lycra on a pf is appropriate - provided the pf is carbon fibre
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:48 pm
by trailgumby
... and when you have an aero rim
wurtulla wabbit wrote:Jeez, look at the teeth on that guy ! He could eat an apple through a tennis racket !
love the pic though, very cool !
Thanks. I just spat my dinner over my monitor and keyboard.
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:55 am
by find_bruce
trailgumby wrote:... and when you have an aero rim
Plenty of room for a really deep dish rim
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:18 am
by silentbutdeadly
Amateurs. Lycra...and they aren't even clipped in. Where's the roadie pedals?
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:51 pm
by Johnj
Re: The revival of the penny farthing
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:59 pm
by koen
Pretty ordinary photos !