hsw Posted September 25, 2007 Share #1 Posted September 25, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Suddenly appeared before me in the street. Had to shoot through the windscreen (doubt VW uses Leica glass:p ). M8 CV35 Nokton @ f2. In-camera B&W jpeg. [ATTACH]55253[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]55254[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 25, 2007 Posted September 25, 2007 Hi hsw, Take a look here Two wheeled oddity. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
stuny Posted September 25, 2007 Share #2 Posted September 25, 2007 Henry - A "velocipede" or "penny farthing" cycle. When in northeastern Tasmania we saw many of these in what was an apparent event for these old things. Nicely caught. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted September 25, 2007 Share #3 Posted September 25, 2007 Yes, a penny farthing. Being the size of the small wheel or farthing against the large one being the penny. Quick action from your side Henry. Both images very nicely caught. Azzo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumac Posted September 25, 2007 Share #4 Posted September 25, 2007 Henry, Love no 2, brings back memorys, I have one of these, built by my grandfather and his brother about 1880, rode it in our local town festivities for the coronation of QE2 in1952. Stuart, The Tasmanian event is an annual street race, a friend and his daughter won their classes some years ago, he builds them as a hobby. Regards, Stuart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted September 26, 2007 Share #5 Posted September 26, 2007 Penny Farthing - Victorian. English money. One farthing was a quarter of one penny. The penny had the queens head on one side and Britannia saeted on the other. The farthing had a bird, a wren, on the reverse. Now collectable but the bicycles even more so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted September 26, 2007 Share #6 Posted September 26, 2007 In cycling parlance this device is an "Ordinary" bicycle, the modern things we use are "safety" bicycles (for obvious reasons) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted September 27, 2007 Share #7 Posted September 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thats right Pete. Cept nobody breaks anything falling from an ordinary bike and its all sorts of carnage from safety bike crashes:( . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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