A driving instructor by trade, Burrell grew up a keen racing cyclist. The penny-farthing he used on Sunday is his own, ...

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 wheel. It was the first machine to be ...

NATCHEZ TRACE, Tenn. — The rolling hills of Tennessee attract adventurers, bikers, hikers, cyclists, and riders from all over the country and even the world. I caught up with an Englishman who plans ...

Richie Mason is riding 50 miles for charity on his penny farthing A penny farthing cyclist is preparing to ride 50 miles (80km) to raise funds for a charity that supports vulnerable young people.

We all remember the Penny Farthing bikes, right? They featured one oversized wheel and no pedals. Whether you saw it in an old British flick or in a book, we never thought that the style would make a ...

This monstrosity, owned by bike collector Richard Loncraine, is a modern take on the penny-farthing bike (or P-Far, as the Bike Snob would call it). The bike looks to be very well made, but also ...

July 23 (UPI) --A Canadian woman with a talent for riding big-wheeled bikes broke two speed records at an Australian track while pedaling a penny farthing. Lizanne Wilmot climbed her Victorian-style ...

BASF, a German chemical company that specializes in manufacturing plastics, has developed Concept 1865, an e-bike inspired by the design of a penny-farthing, a 148-year-old bicycle design. BASF, a ...

What do you get when you combine alcohol, exercise and thousands of dollars and then take away the exercise? Why, Hendrick’s Gin’s giant stationary penny farthing exercise bike, of course. The ...

When humanity developed the motorcycle — its greatest achievement to date — it did so on the back of innovation that came before. The first motorcycle incorporated what we'd already learned from ...