The revival of the penny farthing

[outnabike]

Tasie is home to the Penny Farthing races in Evansdale.
This from last months caravan and Motorhome. A readers contribution. Great looking bikes.

[Clydesdale Scot]

on again on 16-24 Feb 2013.
I will be a spectator on the Sat.

[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.

[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/index.php/race-results/results-archive.html

[Clydesdale Scot]

and the racing was excellent.

[outnabike]

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.

[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

[marc2131]

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.

[hewey]

They should have a class where you have to wear period garb too - lycra just looks wrong on a penny farthing!

[Riggsbie]

Where can you try or even buy a Penny Farthing ?

Looks really scary but fun as well......


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[Riggsbie]

They should have a class where you have to wear period garb too - lycra just looks wrong on a penny farthing!

Surely tweed and top/bowler hats should be mandatory ?


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[wurtulla wabbit]

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 !

[Clydesdale Scot]

no lycra here, and he was in a class of his own

The womens race, most took it seriously, Bell did not.

[Saro28]

Err, third wheel has a brake and fourth is side saddle Thanks for the pic's lads

[rollin]

That's very cool, totally agree Anyone wearing Lycra on a pf should be disqualified or slapped..

[RonK]

When you build the penny yourself, you can wear what you damn well please.

[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?

[Clydesdale Scot]

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.

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.

[find_bruce]

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

[trailgumby]

... and when you have an aero rim

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.

[find_bruce]

... and when you have an aero rim

Plenty of room for a really deep dish rim

[silentbutdeadly]

Amateurs. Lycra...and they aren't even clipped in. Where's the roadie pedals?