I absolutely love old bicycles..... the older the better, and ive always wanted a penny farthing, thought about it for a while trying to make one. Did a little research and some people just used large unicycle wheels.... but thats not big enough for my liking..... then i heard of people taking a number of bicycle rims (cut and welded together to form a larger diametre rim) and using S/S wire for spokes, and hose or solid rubber hose for tyres.
Then tonight i came across this build, this guy is a craftsman and made his own penny farthing..... i cant tell if he used the method i mentioned earlier for the front rim but he used the solid rubber tyres.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OptGmDkEwJs&feature=player_embedded
Note: first 2 1/2 minutes are him riding it, watch the end to see the build
Makes me really wanna build one now, obviously not to this high standard
Then tonight i came across this build, this guy is a craftsman and made his own penny farthing..... i cant tell if he used the method i mentioned earlier for the front rim but he used the solid rubber tyres.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OptGmDkEwJs&feature=player_embedded
Note: first 2 1/2 minutes are him riding it, watch the end to see the build
Makes me really wanna build one now, obviously not to this high standard
