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The furthest (paced) hour record ever achieved on a penny-farthing bicycle was 22.09 miles (35.55 km) by William A. Rowe, an American, in 1886. [39] The record for riding from Land's End to John o' Groats on a penny-farthing was set in 1886 by George Pilkington Mills with a time of five days, one hour, and 45 minutes. This record was broken in ...
In 1884 he acquired a black-enameled Columbia 50-inch 'Standard' penny-farthing with nickel-plated wheels, built by the Pope Manufacturing Company of Chicago. He packed his handlebar bag with socks, a spare shirt, a raincoat that doubled as tent and bedroll, and a pocket revolver (described as a "bull-dog revolver", perhaps a British Bull Dog revolver) and left San Francisco at 8 o'clock on 22 ...
In the spring of 1876 John Keen travelled to New York with his bicycle. [4] By 1878 he was internationally reputed to be the fastest rider in the world, the professional champion of England [ 5 ] and his name appeared on advertisements (in 1879) for the Columbia bicycle manufactured in the USA which stated his achievement of 1 mile in 2 minutes ...
James Starley (21 April 1830 – 17 June 1881) [1] was an English inventor and father of the bicycle industry. He was one of the most innovative and successful builders of bicycles and tricycles. His inventions include the differential gear, the perfection of the bicycle chain drive, and the penny-farthing.
He was successful in all three setting records for; fastest speed on a penny farthing bicycle (no hands) of 29.603 km/h (18.394 mph), [54] fastest 10 km on a penny farthing bicycle (no hands) of 23 minutes and 23.74 seconds [55] and farthest distance on a penny farthing bicycle in one hour (no hands) of 26 km (16 mi).
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An 1880 penny-farthing (left), and a 1886 Rover safety bicycle (right). The first bicycle to be called a "safety" was designed by the English engineer Harry John Lawson (Henry Lawson) in 1876, [6] although other bicycles which fit the description had been developed earlier, such as by Thomas Humber in 1868. [7]
Eugène Meyer bicycle circa 1870 on display at the Wielermuseum in Roeselare, Belgium James Moore, (right) winner of Paris–Rouen 1869 and Jean-Eugène-André Castera, (left) runner up, posing with a Meyer bicycle. Eugène Meyer was a French mechanic credited with making important contributions to the development of the bicycle.