This detective story involves the intriguing connections between technology, penny farthings, and the United States Capitol.

Ken Matthews actually doesn’t like attention. You just wouldn’t know it if you saw him riding down the street on his 1891 Columbia Light Roadster “penny-farthing” bicycle, a bike so old that the only ...

We've taken a step back in time for this eBay Find: a genuine, 1886 penny-farthing built by the esteemed Beeston, Nottingham, UK bike-builder, Humber. The '1:1' gearing of the direct-drive, ...

If there was ever a more iconic bicycle than the Penny Farthing, we'd know about it. Well, that might just be the case with Guillaume Bout and his take on this timeless design. Folks, I don't expect ...

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 ...

Penny-farthing cyclists participated in rides synchronized to music, and competed in races testing both speed and balance in Prague on Saturday (November 1). Penny-farthings, with a distinctive large ...

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 ...