STORY: Local media said competitors from as far afield as Germany and New Zealand had come to the small town of Knutsford, south of Manchester, for "The Great Race." Over three hours of racing, riders ...

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 ...

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 ...

When humanity developed the motorcycle — its greatest achievement to date — it did so on the back of innovation that came before. The first motorcycle incorporated what we'd already learned from ...

“Imagine trying to cycle up a hill in your hardest cog, with a rucksack full of bricks,” says Charlie Burrell, describing the sensation of riding a fixed-wheel penny-farthing. “It sort of feels like ...

FOR many, the sight of a penny-farthing may be deemed slightly unusual. This, however, is not so much the case in Henley, ...

[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 ...

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 ...

[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 ...