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A penny-farthing in the Škoda Auto Museum, Czech Republic. The penny-farthing, also known as a high wheel, high wheeler or ordinary, is an early type of bicycle. [1] It was popular in the 1870s and 1880s, with its large front wheel providing high speeds, owing to it travelling a large distance for every rotation of the wheel.
Eagle built high wheels including a 48", 50" and 52" inch high wheel in the 1880s. They weighed 35 to 50 pounds and cost $40 to $150. In 1890, Frank E. Weaver made one of the first ever USA transcontinental bicycle trips (Thomas Stevens has claims to the first in 1884) on a 48" Eagle bicycle. Mr.
[1] [2] It was characterized by a small wheel in front to avoid the problem of tipping forward inherent in other high wheelers. [3] A Star bicycle was photographed being ridden down the steps in front of the United States Capitol in 1885 to demonstrate its longitudinal stability, [4] and Star bicycles were used for the sport of bicycle polo in ...
By 1893, Overman's Victor bicycle was considered an elegant, premium machine, the "highest grade bicycle of 1893". [5] It was correspondingly priced at the high end of the market. [5] The Overman factory made the complete bicycle, including tires, saddles, rims, etc. [5] Overman Wheel Company exhibit at the Wheel and Cycling Trade Review (1893)
He urged Pope to design its own safety bicycle while predicting "the old high wheel was doomed." [14] However, Pope did offer a safety ordinary model in 1886. This design retained the high-mount and oversized front wheel, but incorporated a chain drive to the front wheel, allowing the seating position and cranks to be positioned further back.
It fell out of favor after the summer of 1869 and was replaced in 1870 with the type of bicycle called "ordinary", "high-wheel", or "penny-farthing". Few original boneshakers exist today, most having been melted for scrap metal during World War I. [3] Those that do surface from time to time command high prices, typically up to about $5,000 US.