A recent event in London has been home to several Guinness world record-setting and breaking attempts. Neatly enough, it all revolves around the penny-farthing bicycle. It's also the largest ...

We've taken a step back in time for this eBay Find: a genuine, 1886 penny-farthing built by the esteemed Beeston, Nottingham, UK bike-builder, Humber. The '1:1' gearing of the direct-drive, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A penny farthing cyclist is preparing to ride 50 miles (80km) to raise funds for a charity that supports vulnerable young people. Richie Mason, from Wantage, in Oxfordshire, is taking part in the ...

“I am a lifelong cyclist so anything on bicycles is fun. The primary appeal to this, to me for this race is just the group of people that it brings together. I can’t imagine any other event that ...

[Chris Makes Stuff] is an aptly named channel. His recent video shows how he took a kid’s electric motorcycle toy and built a “penny farthing” bicycle. You might not know the bike by that name, but ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Paul Brekus is used to the gazes, the waves, the heads tilting in wonderment, eyes bulging out of people’s heads like in a cartoon, as he rides through the ...