A recent cycling event in London highlighted the large community of penny-farthing riders and enthusiasts; they came from all ...

You have to be very old to remember using a farthing coin. A farthing (fourth thing) was a quarter of an old penny. Some of them had a wren on ...

The Penny Farthing bicycle obtained its name from the penny and farthing coins of the time. The bike was made entirely of metal instead of wood and the tires were rubber. The high centre of ...

The original penny-farthing bicycle had a big wheel up front with a smaller one out at the back, and was also known as a high-wheel cycle. It was all the rage in the 1870s. Think of the Penny ...

Cyclists on Penny Farthings have broken a Guinness World Record at a gathering in east London on Sunday. The 140-strong group ...

From enjoying rides on penny-farthing bicycles in historical costumes to celebrations of Day of Dead, here are some compelling images from what happened around the world this week. Advisory Alert ...

One grandfather is in the middle of an incredible journey, traveling about 56 miles per day on his penny farthing bicycle to ...

Brian Cobbold said wearing tweed "sets the scene" when riding a penny farthing Suitably dressed in tweed, a 68-year-old penny farthing rider was one of 140 cyclists who helped break numerous world ...

He said the unusual bike is "very comfortable" to ride. Mr Williams got the penny farthing for his 50th birthday last year. He said: "They were built for touring. They're very comfortable ...

But perched high on his vintage-style bicycle ... and returned to his home in Indianapolis by car. He rode the Penny Farthing bicycle in the Hancock County 4-H Fair parade in June, with a bubble ...

For one, his weapon of choice and the one he’ll be riding for 200km this weekend is the granddaddy of bicycles, a penny-farthing ... you sit on top of the front wheel, which is quite a different ...