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Comments on MetaFilter post Penny Farthing World TourFri, 18 May 2007 13:57:05 -0800Fri, 18 May 2007 13:57:05 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Penny Farthing World Tour
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<a href="http://www.pennyfarthingworldtour.com/">Joff Summerfield</a> is riding his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny-farthing">penny farthing</a> around the world. Check his progress in his <a href="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=aw&doc_id=1451&v=15">online diary</a>.post:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300Fri, 18 May 2007 13:39:26 -0800mr_crash_davisjoffsummerfieldpennyfarthinghighwheelfixedgearbicyclecrazyguyonabikeBy: ND¢
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697043
<a href="http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/min/282079400.html">*</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697043Fri, 18 May 2007 13:57:05 -0800ND¢By: GuyZero
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697055
I would not want to true that wheel.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697055Fri, 18 May 2007 14:02:38 -0800GuyZeroBy: spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697065
Fixed gear!comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697065Fri, 18 May 2007 14:11:40 -0800spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmintsBy: spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697067
Holy crap, I take that back. The guy actually built the bike with an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hub_gear">internal hub gear</a>. Neat-o.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697067Fri, 18 May 2007 14:13:52 -0800spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmintsBy: YoBananaBoy
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697071
<i>... tibal band friction syndrome
... knees give out again
... Fractured knee and elbow
... broken arm and wrist</i>
Huh, I wonder why these bikes never caught on?comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697071Fri, 18 May 2007 14:15:15 -0800YoBananaBoyBy: wendell
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697088
He <em>thinks</em> he's riding around the world, but in reality, he never leaves The Village.
-Number 206comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697088Fri, 18 May 2007 14:30:03 -0800wendellBy: desjardins
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697091
holy horrible HTML.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697091Fri, 18 May 2007 14:32:11 -0800desjardinsBy: evilcolonel
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697099
<em>So, you don't like the old-time bikes, huh?
(kicks Homer in face)</em>comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697099Fri, 18 May 2007 14:39:19 -0800evilcolonelBy: Mojojojo
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697131
<em>This was at the ancient site of Philippi but it was all ruined when I got there!</em> (caption to one of his pics)
A sense of humor is helpful considering the miles he has to go.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697131Fri, 18 May 2007 15:11:08 -0800MojojojoBy: dhartung
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697153
Around the world? A penny farthing goes farther than I thought, these days.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697153Fri, 18 May 2007 15:41:23 -0800dhartungBy: Astro Zombie
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697193
Sooner or later, he's got to find the box social he's looking for.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697193Fri, 18 May 2007 16:34:07 -0800Astro ZombieBy: Roman Graves
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697251
Fuck this guy.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697251Fri, 18 May 2007 18:15:47 -0800Roman GravesBy: BrotherCaine
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697269
It's like a unicycle with a training wheel. Only the Mark I has a hub gear, all the others are fixies I think (maybe singlespeeds).comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697269Fri, 18 May 2007 19:07:56 -0800BrotherCaineBy: StickyCarpet
http://www.metafilter.com/61300/Penny-Farthing-World-Tour#1697518
There was a guy who road one of these things around TriBeCa, and he leaned it against a pole to duck into a store. He was sure surprised when he came out and it was gone. I imagined some guy with his head down, looking frantically back behind himself, speeding up the Westside Highway.comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.61300-1697518Sat, 19 May 2007 06:45:28 -0800StickyCarpet
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