The Penny Farthing

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The Penny Farthing was the first bicycle made by James Starley, it was instantly popular after the boneshaker. ( The boneshaker was a bicycle  in the 1880’s, the boneshaker was a nickname for the first true bicycle with pedals because it had a wrought iron frame and wooden wheels.) The Penny Farthing comes from the old british Penny and Farthing coins.

The Penny Farthing was brought up by the old British currency coins which was called a Penny and Farthing. The Penny ( the large wheel ) was where the rider  had to sit which was not comfortable for him because they did not yet know of creating a comfortable seat, but it still traveled like the ordinary bicycle today. The pedals is located at the centre of the front wheel on this diagram over here. The Farthing ( the small wheel ) is attached to the top of the bicycle and connected to the handle bars also shown this picture below.

The Penny Farthing was originally made in Britain in the early 1880’s just like Karl Drais and his invention called the Velocipede ( It also had a nickname which was the ‘Boneshaker’ ). They were the first machines to ever be called the bicycles, the Pennyfarthing became the symbol of the Victorian era. The Victorian era was Queen Victoria’s period of her reign from the twentieth of  june 1837 until her death on the twenty second January 1901.

Wrought: Shaped by hammering of metals like iron and steel.

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Penny Farthing

Queen Victoria