The penny-farthing was the first machine to be called a "bicycle". The name came from the British penny and farthing coins. The penny was much larger than the farthing coins, so the side view of the bicycle looked like a penny is leading a farthing coin. Here is a rare film of an official penny-farthing race 90 years ago, from 1928. | HistoryBites

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Here’s a full video of assembling, riding and packing up a fully folding 50” Penny Farthing. It takes about 6 minutes to assemble and 3 minutes to pack down into a 90x40x40cm (35x16x16inch) wheeled luggage bag. I’ve been quietly developing these for the last couple of years, the original prototype has done about 2,500 kilometres and been packed 100’s of times without a single adjustment to the wheel. This is the first one available to a customer and has many refinements and finished in full nick

We're incredibly proud to have have set a new Penny Farthing Guinness World Records. Don't miss the full video this Sunday on GCN.... If you're interested in setting your own Guinness World Record, check out http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/gwrday for more information and get involved #GWRday | Global Cycling Network

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