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Penny Farthings, Legality and responsibility.

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  • #482
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,961 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    jive wrote: »
    Have to agree. I've literally never seen a PF on the road but I'm dying to get one now. 33 page thread on PFs, what magnificent times we live in

    Will soon need a P-far Images of Beauty thread


  • #483
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,461 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    You need appropriate clothing though, safety first.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASg_XMXvQYY&ab_channel=JoolzGuides-LondonHistoryWalks-TravelFilms


  • #484
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,961 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    beauf wrote: »
    You need appropriate clothing though, safety first.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASg_XMXvQYY&ab_channel=JoolzGuides-LondonHistoryWalks-TravelFilms
    Good demo of how to mount.


  • #485
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 43,871 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    I'm seriously liking this reproduction PF in Hull (which I guess would now be subject to import duty and/or VAT)
    https://www.ebay.de/itm/Penny-Farthing-Beautiful-Singer-British-Challenge/124012285119?hash=item1cdfb54cbf:g:0pYAAOSwmENd9o2t

    The seller also has this Rotary Tricycle up for sale (as well as a few other PFs): https://www.ebay.de/itm/Coventry-Rotary-Tricycle-Reproduction-by-RoE-Not-Penny-Farthing/123934435403?hash=item1cdb11684b:g:ws0AAOSwADVdnkzu

    Manufacturer: Richards of England


  • #486
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,461 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Since there's no triangle. Locking it might be a bit of the challenge.


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  • #487
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 43,871 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    Good demo of how to mount.
    Once you watch it, then plan your next holiday (maybe in 2022 or 2023?)...
    https://www.airbnb.ie/experiences/1044825


  • #488
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,961 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    I like the way this thread has bifurcated into two parallel, almost independent threads: scold-y one, and "Hmm, looks interesting ..."


  • #489
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,961 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    beauf wrote: »
    Since there's no triangle. Locking it might be a bit of the challenge.

    You come back and find your front wheel gone and it's much worse that that usually is


  • #490
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,961 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    ... not sure what they'll do with a 1.3m wheel. Fit it to the p-far on the neighbouring stand where the owner locked only the front wheel and make their getaway.


  • #491
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 53,855 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    beauf wrote: »
    Since there's no triangle. Locking it might be a bit of the challenge.
    at least the list of potential bike thieves would be short. though how you would trick a suspected thief into revealing he knows how to cycle a PF is one to ponder on.


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  • #492
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    at least the list of potential bike thieves would be short. though how you would trick a suspected thief into revealing he knows how to cycle a PF is one to ponder on.

    I imagine a bike thief trying to cycle away and realising that flat out it's not much better than running. Not to mention the comedy as I jam something in the front wheel spokes.


  • #493
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭cletus


    I don't want to own one, but I definitely want a go one one. Kinda like the way I want a go on a unicycle


  • #494
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,428 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    I want a Van!


  • #495
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭cletus


    07Lapierre wrote: »
    I want a Van!

    To transport bikes??

    *Edit* Sorry. I forgot that this thread started with a van hitting a PF...


  • #496
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    cletus wrote: »
    I don't want to own one, but I definitely want a go one one. Kinda like the way I want a go on a unicycle

    Having tried a unicycle once, I'd prefer a PF but I suspect I feel safer on the unicycle.


  • #497
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,428 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    cletus wrote: »
    To transport bikes??

    Yep. I have this idea of converting it into a kinda camper van so I can go to France and follow the tour. I can bring a bike and cycle around etc.


  • #498
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭cletus


    07Lapierre wrote: »
    Yep. I have this idea of converting it into a kinda camper van so I can go to France and follow the tour. I can bring a bike and cycle around etc.

    Please see my edit above...


  • #499
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,428 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    cletus wrote: »
    Please see my edit above...

    Well I was going to say “I want a van so I can run into lads on penny farthings!” (But thought the better of it)


  • #500
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    I really want a go on a penny farthing. And whatever a rotary bike is. That's the maddest looking bike I've ever seen.


  • #501
    meeeeh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,612 ✭✭✭✭meeeeh


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    I like the way this thread has bifurcated into two parallel, almost independent threads: scold-y one, and "Hmm, looks interesting ..."

    I would say the main division in this thread is between people on each side of mid life crisis and those currently having mid life crisis. Safe to say no one is younger than 30 or cool.


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  • #502
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,961 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    meeeeh wrote: »
    I would say the main division in this thread is between people on each side of mid life crisis and those currently having mid life crisis. Safe to say no one is younger than 30 or cool.

    Yes, IIRC, you're in the scold-y one alright


  • #503
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭cletus


    meeeeh wrote: »
    I would say the main division in this thread is between people on each side of mid life crisis and those currently having mid life crisis. Safe to say no one is younger than 30 or cool.

    Interesting, where do I fall? (I know where my wife thinks I fall)


  • #504
    meeeeh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,612 ✭✭✭✭meeeeh


    cletus wrote: »
    Interesting, where do I fall? (I know where my wife thinks I fall)

    Well it depends how much you want to spend on glorified wall decoration that you'll never properly master or on a sports car. :D


  • #505
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 43,871 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    meeeeh wrote: »
    I would say the main division in this thread is between people on each side of mid life crisis and those currently having mid life crisis. Safe to say no one is younger than 30 or cool.
    I feel young!


  • #506
    meeeeh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,612 ✭✭✭✭meeeeh


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    I feel young!

    I'm sure we all do. I still bet no one is under 30.


  • #507
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭cletus


    meeeeh wrote: »
    I'm sure we all do. I still bet no one is under 30.

    I used to be under 30...


  • #508
    magicbastarder
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    i do enjoy the irony that people think penny farthings should not be allowed on the road, while cars which can do multiples of the highest speed limit are also legal.

    not that i'm drawing a link between say the bugatti veyron and increased risk of crashing, but neither am i doing so for a penny farthing.


  • #509
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    I feel young!

    I used to feel young.


  • #510
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 53,855 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    we're talking about penny farthings and someone is commenting that we sound old. i don't know how to react.


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  • #511
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    we're talking about penny farthings and someone is commenting that we sound old. i don't know how to react.

    Woah, over 30 is not old. I mean, I'd calrify what old is but I don't want to offend some of the people who think they are young around here.


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