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2. Penny-farthing - Wikipedia

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   A penny-farthing in the Škoda Auto Museum, Czech Republic. The penny-farthing, also known as a high wheel, high wheeler or ordinary, is an early type of bicycle. [1] It was popular in the 1870s and 1880s, with its large front wheel providing high speeds, owing to it travelling a large distance for every rotation of the wheel.

3. List of bicycle types - Wikipedia

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   Strida folding frame bicycle in yellow. An old-fashioned penny-farthing or ordinary has one high wheel directly driven by the pedals and one small wheel. A dwarf bicycle has a chain-driven front wheel, exemplified by the Kangaroo. On an upright bicycle, also called a safety bicycle, the rider sits astride the saddle.

4. Raleigh Grifter - Wikipedia

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   The Raleigh Grifter is a children's bicycle manufactured and marketed between 1976 [1] and early 1983 by the Raleigh Bicycle Company of Nottingham, England. It was the "must have" bicycle of its time and bridged a gap between the Raleigh Chopper and the Raleigh Burner models. Its frame was very similar to the Raleigh Twenty Shopper bicycle, but ...

5. Bicycle collecting - Wikipedia

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   Nostalgia BMX - Community, forums, photos of old school BMX; Dave's Vintage Bicycles - Huge photo archive of Classic and Antique bicycles plus restoration services; National Bicycle History Archive of America - Archive of articles and photos about classic balloon tire bikes; Bunchobikes – Extensive photo site of one man’s collection of ...

6. Safety bicycle - Wikipedia

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   The term 'safety bicycle' was used in the 1880s for any alternative to the penny-farthing. The front and rear wheel were not necessarily the same size. [3] Later historians began to use the term in a more restricted way for the design that was a direct ancestor to most modern bicycles.

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