Monday 16 September 2013

The Penny farthing

Saw this outside a men's outfitters in Bloomsbury.



And the name of the shop?

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19 comments:

  1. Neat, ever thought about rideing one?

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  2. Cool discovery! Didn't think anymore of these old time bicycles existed.

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  3. Nice! I cannot imagine what it would be like to ride one of those things. :-)

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  4. Have you ever ridden one of those bikes? I have not --and probably could never ride it..... Neat to see it though... Thanks for sharing.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  5. Oh, how fun!! That does look cool indeed!! Fun post for the day! Thanks for sharing!!

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  6. Very creative shot ~ Wonderful! ~ carol, xo

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  7. I heard it's very hard (and hard on one's derriere) to ride one of those early bikes!

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  8. My husband knows how to ride one of those. He tried to teach me but I got scared. Very fun.

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  9. That's classic! And I love the beach in your previous post.

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  10. A classic! Though it looks very hard to ride.

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  11. Good composition. I just saw one of those cycles here the other day :-)

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  12. I always wonder how they could ride so high without your feet reaching the ground. I would fall down when I had to get off I am afraid.

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  13. What a great place!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River,Canada.

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  14. Cool! I'd love to try one of those some day! But somewhere with a soft landing... 'cause I'm pretty sure I'd fall off! :p

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  15. Love this. I worked once with a man named Farthing ... have never seen it (as a last name) except for him.

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