Mark Beaumont. Penny farthing hour record.

[furball]

You realise the world record still stands; with all those advantages he "only" broke the British record.[/QUOTE
Hence my initial response i.e respect for those who set the records well over a hundred years ago.
From his description it was all a bit of fun and not a serious record attempt but having done it he was confident that the world record would be achievable. Something he's likely to leave for someone else.
The main part of his talk was about his round the world record. It was inspirational.

 

[furball]

Is the bike a blingtastic carbon fibre penny fa

There's something I'm not getting.

I've got it now
Penny dropped

 

[tommaguzzi]

Guy Martin ... kick his arse. penny farthing world record how did miss that?