Penny Farthing Racing

[solidheir]

i find this ADVERT IRRITATING AS FUCK.

[777jordan]

i lol'd

[wahhagoogoo]

I want to see a crash compilation for this..

[audas]

Tally Ho !

[89Czeko]

omg that was amazing haha!! suicide!

[GMSamuelRhine]

if you had gears on that, with such a big circumference i bet you can go super fast on that

[elstado1]

wow... taking fixed gear to a whole old level

[hakkujin]

Takes massive balls.

[KUPHSER]

i have always wanted to see someone go over a jump on one of these, or atleast attempt. i would be so impressed either way

[TGirlNextDoor]

Wow! That's insane!!!

[biggrigga]

I'd hate to go over the handle bars.

[xshabootiex]

I need one

[PTR131]

This looks fun as fucking hell.

[benjy4770]

it doesn't take a savant to tell you that if the chap at :36 had been wearing a monocle he wouldn't have taken that wrong turn.... jk

[todreh]

This is literally the best video I've ever seen today.

[fr3d420]

You make me watch stupid spam video, Now I make you read stupid comment.

[YOMAMAXXL]

@fr3d420 ?????????

[Gembenjamin]

00:36 should have skidded like true fixed gear rider, instead of going; ah, aah, aaaaaaaaaaah...

[gag75]

brave ass niggas!

[robpreston723]

@johnshevlin hahahahahaha

[mercapri302]

I would rather not watch the video you posted than be subjected to the ridiculous advertising. It took me far more than 15 seconds to type this. But I stick to the point.

[jsuttonus]

@mercapri302 What advertising? You mean the captions explaining the race and where it took place?

[joseanzaldua]

I find the lack of suits, tophats, and monocles disturbing

[Ejwoods08]

@joseanzaldua agreed. One guy was pretty close, though!

[bigdiesels]

where do you get one of these nowadays?

[Muscleduck]

How do you get off these things without doing a faceplant?

[pizt]

Penny Farthings are so Passe, there is no way that music is from the 18th century, so why is it there? Is you dumb or something?

[exproggo]

How can this be in Victorian times? The costumes are too modern. Also...you can see cars in the background. Modern cars. Don't insult my intelligence

[pizt]

@exproggo FAKE

[BarneyAaron]

@exproggo "Penny Farthing Championships 2008", at the start of the video and in the description...

[xpkkingx]

@BarneyAaron You got trolled.

[zouga]

@johnshevlin you got that fucking right!!!!!

[dhinz23]

This is just what I was looking for!

[prancinbambi]

Sweet fixie bro

[GrandmasMan]

@prancinbambi as fixed as it gets

[Gearz86]

so gay, lol

[weijnblad]

Härliga grabbar!!!! Toppen Janne

[UnicycleJunkie]

could you imagine if you went over the handlebars and did a faceplant.....it'd prob just kill ya

[KrazyKuul111]

you could do a pretty big stoppie on one of those

[Voldemortkein]

Spectacular, Just Now I'm doing my own Penny Farthing from scratch with TauRing bender tube, lathe and MIG welder, and sable saw

[Jackoroth]

Such an obsolete form of transportation.

[TubeTripping]

Easily the greatest spectacle ever seen in the biking world...

[toecutter169]

do you mean...'come a cropper'?

[skadogg22]

Aw man I was hoping to see at least one person comb a cropper!

[quimby85]

LOL

[KingBlue]

I could see this ending in a horrible accident.

[vanesa2186]

good video honeyy haha

[DaN4zz]

look at em go! my old hometown :)

[estesoyojajaja]

just think how paynfull could be to fell off that think!!!!

[yarahahrwe]

fwd sux

[filmdude277]

Cool!

[downfader2]

Those helmets are about as effective on Pennies as a hat made of crayons, LOL.

[grindcord]

thank god for chain link XD

[DryerBoy]

This looks safe... No wonder they almost abandoned cycling back in the day before the safety bicycle came about.

[HIKARUMAN]

結構速いんだ

[leviathan216]

That was so cool ,anyone know if obscure sports quarterly covers this event? lol

[Outlaw783]

What is the name of the song?

[bettybarbra]

these bikes dont have brakes

[DJIvan87]

thats wrong! they 've brakes, but only at the front! ;-)

I have testet to ride this bike but it's to difficult for me!

[bobbbobins]

Imagine if you braked hard on one of those things:

High centre of gravity + weight of your body being already OVER the front wheel + braking = epic faceplant

[EGLchan]

Then how do you break?

[cerealrulz]

They have no freewheel, so either buy on with a bake, or slowly stop pedaling, o course if you stop suddenly, youll do an embarassing endo and pwn yourself

[FelixTheHouseFreak]

You know i sorta thought these bikes were only seen as collectibles. Never knew they raced them and stuff and theres tons of people out there building them!

What happened to the dude on :36 it looks like he missed a turn?

[rustypirat3]

stick some TTbars on them

[Tom123collins]

How does one dismount?

[FelixTheHouseFreak]

You have to jump off.

[Guinnie]

there is you tube video out there that shows you how

[Michaelwinrar]

Dude, i seriously hope those things are built with brakes because i would not know how to slow down! :O

[pagboy529]

u have to slow it down like a fixie

[woohoobaloogapoo]

woot!

[eamonia]

Holy fucking shit dude. Pennyfarthings are some of the most dangerous bikes ever made. The next bikes that came out were called "safety bikes" to coerce buyers back into the market after all the injuries.These dudes are freaking nuts. Bravo.

[aepuli]

haha well spoken. I would've just said "dangerous as shit"

[eamonia]

Touché kind sir, touché.

[MetusModus]

@eamonia No they just cheat they have breaks. In the mid 19th Century in UK there were never any brakes to stop them. The hardcore Penny farthing riders are those with no brakes and move slowly!

[cosmonauta2001]

@eamonia People are quite mad!

[3toes]

You should buy a freaking dictionary before you buy one.

[HalfLifeAMD]

I wouldn't be too hard on him, what if he's a partial vegetable typing with a pencil in his mouth..lol.

[elemineseslapolla]

HAHAHA that was smart

[eamonia]

Very carefully my man. Very carefully.

[joshuare94]

i want one

[trevortfrey]

Huw Morgan of DHBC wins 2008 National P-Far championships.

[christopherrantell]

doesn't it seem a little ridiculous to line the course in hay bales that are of less height than the balance point of the racer?

[y0user74]

Atleast the bike is okay, right?

[phdecora]

uhmmm ok...

[sanosaki]

no crash :(

[benisgay8]

bad ass... i really want one

[Ryuuji91]

how the hell do you stop and get off? you'd have to jump off from like 2 metres xD not to mention awkward to get on xD

[killerinstinct1337]

Sigh .. Why did I think this was "Penny Farting" and not "Penny Farthing" , stupid me.

[captainnesan]

I thought it was too. Not the only one.

[jimbobklyn1963]

i'm going to get a gorilla suit and ride one of them on election day.

[Fenizrael]

Hot damn this is intense!

I want a penny-farthing!

[toad4eva]

wow i have only been at those speeds on mine once, but not close 2 all those others

[uberman460]

wowyou can really get some speed out of those things... id be afraid to fall off.

[otherscene]

Great video, but the winners name is Huw Morgan.