Penny Farthing 1 Hour World Record attempt

WOW!!

Well done to Mark, Roger and the team. Mark gave a great description of what it’s like to be racing a penny farthing.

I recently passed a man riding a modern penny farthing. I waved to him and he smiled back. I was on my 36er but he was still towering over me. It must take some nerve to race a penny farthing :astonished:

Thanks Mikefule for posting the video.

Well Done everyone :slight_smile:

Thank you for posting the video Mikefule

Joff was in the team but had to pull out for personal reasons only the week before.

All the penny farthings were UDC except for one which was the precursor one made by Richard Thoday.

It is ok liking Kippel’s Penny farthings.

Roger

Here are some more videos:

Just got the confirmed figures. Average of 21.92mph.

It was super hard, I am only just feeling better today.

Roger

oops, I slipped in some bonus ones in that video list.

One is from this years Nocturne race and one is from the practice session from Joff’s 3d camera.

Roger

That’s a shame. I presume he would have ridden his own.

Phew… :stuck_out_tongue:

Well I guess you guys have some kind of working relationship him anyway as I see you use SHW tires.

P.S. Thanks for the links to all the great videos.

GCN’s video is just out. Their take is, I think, the best one on the record:

Indeed, really good video. Thanks for the link.

P.S. No pressure :stuck_out_tongue: but you guys have to try again and get the world record as well!

We are talking about it and have a plan. It is not something that can be done quickly.

Of course, understandable. Well if you do, I’ll be rooting for you!

It is a good video but you are late! :stuck_out_tongue: