_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days ago

Canadian woman breaks two speed records on penny farthing bike - UPI.com

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Canadian woman breaks two speed records on penny farthing bike - UPI.com

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days ago

A Canadian woman with a talent for riding big-wheeled bikes broke two speed records at an Australian track while pedaling a Victorian-style penny farthing.

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I think I would like to see a penny farthing bike race.
- 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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  Only if they play appropriate penny farthing music.
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    like the benny hill song?
    - 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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      Yes! That’d be perfect. Or something from the early 20th century player through a gramophone.

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