penny-farthing

• “I won't analyse it as it bores me enough but I calculate it's perhaps just about on a penny-farthing.”

  Brown is beginning to panic

• “ At just that moment, a man wearing a three-piece-suit and a beret pedals by on a penny-farthing.”

  Fictionaut: July 4th, Austin, TX

• “Deville, this month-old East Village restaurant underwent a three-month renovation to give it a rustic feel, harking back to the late Victorian era when the penny-farthing bicycle was popular.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Reinventing the Wheel

• “Gene Smith from KoolStop found penny-farthing planters on closeout for $99 each and bought 16 of them, some which adorn his home, office, trade show booths in the U.S. as well as in Europe.”

  A touch of gold

• “Mikeweb @ 2:44, that reminds me - in central park yesterday I saw a fellow atop a penny-farthing in full period kit like these guys.”

  Cycling Customs: Flashing the Biological Passport

• “It's full of 'Prisoner' imagery - the ID buttons, human chess games, particular location shots, KAR120C, a penny-farthing bicycle, and even Rover makes an appearance!”

  Archive 2009-01-11

• “Hey, think we can convince the idjits that the penny-farthing is the new fixie?”

  Rest-Day Roundup: Stealing Seconds and Stealing Bikes

• “I was also pleased to see that the rider was on a cyclocross bike and that penny-farthing craze has not yet reached Missoula, which means that while we may see more and more of them in the coming months it should be a good while before the trend moves into its ironic phase.”

  Archive 2008-11-01

• “I am afraid the penny-farthing fad may end before it begins.”

  Penny-Ante: The Ordinary Trend Moves Up a Notch

• “And the blight has also reached our nation's capital or the general vicinity anyway, where at least one person has been forced to sell his penny-farthing:”

  The Party's Over: Derailed by the Economy

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