Gui Nelessen is used to getting some strange looks when he goes out for a ride on his high wheel bicycle. “The world stops” when you ride past, he said. “You hear conversations stop.” But there were ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The high-wheel bike, or penny farthings, has a large front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel. It was a popular design of the ...
Fifty-five cyclists will ‘pedal to the medal’ this Saturday at Frederick’s 11th annual National Clustered Spires High Wheel Race. Competitors this year range in age from 17 to 75 and hail from 12 ...
FREDERICK, Md. (DC News Now) — A one-of-a-kind event is happening this weekend in Downtown Frederick, Maryland. “What makes this race unique is that one: the bikes are unique and there are no other ...
It takes a lot of courage to climb onto the seat of a high-wheel bicycle. First, there’s the height — the front wheel is a whopping 52 inches. And stopping? It’s an art in itself, because these bikes ...