To call Joff Summerfield a bike enthusiast would be an understatement. Not only did he build his very own penny-farthing, but he’s also ridden it 38,000 miles around the world — and counting. Not only ...

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 brother and sister aged six and seven have got themselves a world record for riding a tiny penny farthing bike.

World’s smallest and largest rideable penny farthings enter record books ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The penny-farthing, also known as the High Wheel, High Wheeler or Ordinary, is a cycle with a huge front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel. It was the first machine to be ...

BASF, a German chemical company that specializes in manufacturing plastics, has developed Concept 1865, an e-bike inspired by the design of a penny-farthing, a 148-year-old bicycle design. BASF, a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Paul Brekus is used to the gazes, the waves, the heads tilting in wonderment, eyes bulging out of people’s heads like in a cartoon, as he rides through the ...

What do you get when you combine alcohol, exercise and thousands of dollars and then take away the exercise? Why, Hendrick’s Gin’s giant stationary penny farthing exercise bike, of course. The ...