Imagine—it's the mid-1800s, and you're riding your high-wheeled, penny-farthing bicycle down a dusty road. Sure, it may have ...

Brett Richardson turns heads as he rides to Bracken Ridge TAFE in Brisbane's north. His mode of transport is a penny farthing bicycle. The device was popular in the late 1800s, and stood out due its ...

A Frome resident has made the history books by setting a Guinness World Record for the greatest distance travelled in one hour on a penny farthing – using only one leg. Alberto Bona, originally from ...

AN unofficial penny farthing with a unique St Helens engraving has been sold for around 75,000 times its original value. As low coinage such as penny farthings were often in short supply outside of ...

For 79-year-old Phil McDonald, the 501-kilometre Great Vic Bike Ride is just too easy. Layton is a journalist at The Border Mail. He is interested in profiles, features, and hard news. If you have ...

Above his premises was the name H Perry but no one knows what the H stood for. Remarkably, an American staying in Weston-super-Mare got wind that Perry had a Penny Farthing cycle for sale. He ...

Election Day in the United States of America, a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, a penny-farthing race in Prague, autumn colors in China, and much more ...

Explore the largest Penny Farthing gathering since 1880 at London’s Herne Hill Velodrome, where riders set multiple world records while supporting The Bike Project. Rob McElhenney pays tribute ...

See also Mythbusters shooting a soccer ball out of the back of a moving truck. From British Pathé, a short film clip from 1928 of men racing on penny farthing bikes. See also clips from 1936 and 1937 ...