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The new and somewhat strangely named Sidi Ergo.com site has an interesting post showing off five particularly long journeys on penny farthing style bicycles, showing that this classic bicycle design can pedal around the world. In terms of trivia, one of the remnants of the penny farthing is the measurement of bicycle gear inches which converts a gear ratio and rear wheel size into the equivalent size of wheel a penny farthing would have to roll the same amount for one pedal revolution.
Rocky Mountain High Wheels is making contemporary high wheel bicycles with cro moly frames and nice things like brakes. I’m so excited to have found them: http://www.rmhwonline.com
After seeing the “instructional video” at RMHW I can finally see the attraction in these things – I was laughing with delight. But putting a brake on one of these? It seems like you’d stop by rotating around the high wheel til your head hits the pavement.
I bow to the long-haul high-wheelers – but I’ll keep my LHT.
RMHW ordinaries are built with rear caliper brake only the front is fixed like they always have been. I will be buying one in the future when I get an increase in income since a 5 grand bicycle is slightly beyond my means right now. I can finance a 3 grand bike but it does not look like they offer financing but waiting will make the receiving of such a bike so much sweeter.