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Penny-farthing

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This is an old bike.

Ordinary bicycle01.jpg
Ordinary bicycle01.jpg
It has one very big wheel. It also has one small wheel. The big wheel helps it go fast. It can be hard to ride.
A man with a Penny-farthing bicycle - Ladybank, Scotland c.1880.jpg
A man with a Penny-farthing bicycle - Ladybank, Scotland c.1880.jpg
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15-mile Penny Farthing Race, Harvard...
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Ordinary bicycle01.jpg
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Cover - The Modern Bicycle (1877), cover - BL.jpg
File:A man with a Penny-farthing bicycle - Ladybank, Scotland c.1880.jpg
A man with a Penny-farthing bicycle -...
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File:American Star, 51 inch, HB Smith Machine Company, Smithfield, NJ, 1885.JPG
American Star, 51 inch, HB Smith Machine...
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Höghjuling - High wheel race - Ystad-2021.jpg
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