If ever you needed proof of the shocking levels of crime that plague Britain these days, just cast your eyes on the clip above. Yep, that's an older man riding a penny-farthing through a red light.

It was invented in the 1870s and given its name because one wheel was a lot bigger than the other (farthing coins were smaller than pennies). As it has no brakes, to stop the bike riders had to ...

By Andrew MeleSpecial to the Advance 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 ...

Folks, the penny-farthing was invented in 1871 by British Engineer James Starley, so it makes sense for London to be the place where all this Guinness World Record action takes place.

His Penny Farthing attempt was not the first time Beaumont had embraced the madness of the ancient contraption, having cycled the 100-mile Etape Royale route on one in 2015. British Broadcasting ...

A British cyclist is traveling Montana highways this month on a bicycle that went out of fashion ... I saw that in 2006-2008 you logged a 23,000-mile trek around the world on your penny-farthing.

Folks, I don't expect you to know who Guillaume Bout may be, nor the fact that the Penny Farthing was invented back in 1871 by British Engineer James Starley.

The Penny Farthing (named after the early-model bicycle with the oversized front wheel) began an epic run in 1984 (owned by British natives Peter Blackwell and Tony Sutton-Deakin).

Scots cyclist Mark Beaumont has broken the British record for the distance ridden on a Penny Farthing in one hour but missed out on the world record. Beaumont rode 21.92 miles in an hour to beat ...

Scots cyclist Mark Beaumont has broken the British record for the distance ridden on a Penny Farthing in one hour but missed out on the world record. Beaumont rode 21.92 miles in an hour to beat ...