Hilldodger on't telly this am

[mickle]

BBC morning News had a piece on Roger's new Penny Farthing. £1500 it costs. Made in Leicestershireshire it is. Sold out it is.

Broke my telly his face did.

 

[XmisterIS]

BBC morning News had a piece on Roger's new Penny Farthing. £1500 it costs. Made in Leicestershireshire it is. Sold out it is.

Broke my telly his face did.

Lol! Is there an iPlayer link for it?

 

[Headgardener]

Beat me to it X I was just about ask the same question.

 

[Hilldodger]

Just about got enough people interested to build a second batch

Mickle....he's got a great face for radio.

 

[kalaika]

This the one?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14999044

 

[XmisterIS]

Somehow I had imagined Hilldodger as wearing a tweed deerstalker with sideburns and a handlebar moustache!

 

[numbnuts]

WoW nice one well done that man

 

[Night Train]

Excellent stuff.
Great bit about the manufacturing being local and British made.

 

[HLaB]

Much more interesting than the Worlds TT, good stuff Hilldodger

 

[XmisterIS]

I would like to have a go on pf, only I'd be terrified of going arse before tit and having to be taken to hospital with my teeth in a bag ...

 

[Arch]

I would like to have a go on pf, only I'd be terrified of going arse before tit and having to be taken to hospital with my teeth in a bag ...

Take them out first, and get someone to hold the jar...

Nice one Rog, I just caught it as I was about to go to work.

 

[Bluebell72]

Wow, I would love to have a go on one of these, but like XMisterIS, I fear a trip to the local A and E.

Great clip - with the incongruous sight of lycra-clad riders mounted on PF's!

 

[Hilldodger]

Sadly Carlton Reid at BikeBiz has begun putting a negative twist to this story

 

[Arch]

Sadly Carlton Reid at BikeBiz has begun putting a negative twist to this story

Do you mean:

(EDIT: Since placing this story live we have been informed of yet another UK-based Penny Farthing manufacturer - Summerfield Penny Farthing - a builder of the iconic bicycle since 2003. In fact, owner Josh Summerfield claims that the bike ridden by Lovell in the BBC's video is one of his creations!)

I don't recall you ever saying you built the one you were riding. And if Bike Biz didn't do enough research before they put a story up....

 

[Hilldodger]

Do you mean:

(EDIT: Since placing this story live we have been informed of yet another UK-based Penny Farthing manufacturer - Summerfield Penny Farthing - a builder of the iconic bicycle since 2003. In fact, owner Josh Summerfield claims that the bike ridden by Lovell in the BBC's video is one of his creations!)

I don't recall you ever saying you built the one you were riding. And if Bike Biz didn't do enough research before they put a story up....

They didn't even speak to me.