Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
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- Northumberland
C2C on a penny farthing!
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Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
It does look to be an uncomfortable riding position given that Matt needs to pull back on the handle-bars to get decent push against the pedals up the hills and how do you stop the bike from pivoting forwards about the front wheel under heavy braking? Never ridden one but wouldn'y mind having a go. Rode a friend's fixie the other day and nearly pitched myself off trying to stop.... hated the sensation!
Hilldodger
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- sunny Leicester
Glad it's not me doing it on that!
Wouldn't mind on a proper penny, though.
Wouldn't mind on a proper penny, though.
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On the c2c subject, when I visited The Gower Cycling Festival this year, there were two guys riding unicycles who had done the c2c in a peloton of seven unicycles - nutters also!
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Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
Can you free-wheel on a unicycle or a 'modern' penny farthing?
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No free-wheeling for these boys! (Lots of free-falling though - hence the knee pads! 
) Interestingly, they found climbing much easier than a conventional bike due to gravity etc - but the descents were a bit 'spinny'.
) Interestingly, they found climbing much easier than a conventional bike due to gravity etc - but the descents were a bit 'spinny'.
