Penny-Farthing Riders?
09-11-25 | 09:37 AM
#26
Palmer
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 9,165
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From: Parts Unknown
Bikes: Mike Melton custom, Alex Moulton AM, Dahon Curl
https://www.unicycle.com/unicycles/p...ngs-odd-bikes/
You might want to present a certain appearance, but there's no special kit involved.
09-12-25 | 06:58 AM
#27
Junior Member
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 189
Likes: 453
From: Los Angeles, CA.
Bikes: Only Track bikes and Trick bikes in the collection - about 35 or so left out of 130 approx
I used to ride mine every weekend at the California Pasadena Rose Bowl. I would do about a 1/2 dozen laps (about 3-4 miles per lap).
It was an original from about 1873 called an HHC (Hillman Herbert Cooper).
Don't buy those cheap replicas, Buy an original if you're serious about riding one.
That's me from a magazine cover that a guy wrote an article about me riding this early machine around the Arroyo.
I restored it myself (basically paint and polishing with a few repairs here and there) - original grips were from carved from Water Buffalo Horn.
I sold this bike as it was a bit small for me. It was a 54 inch and at 6'1" I should ride. 55" or a 56".
It was an original from about 1873 called an HHC (Hillman Herbert Cooper).
Don't buy those cheap replicas, Buy an original if you're serious about riding one.
That's me from a magazine cover that a guy wrote an article about me riding this early machine around the Arroyo.
I restored it myself (basically paint and polishing with a few repairs here and there) - original grips were from carved from Water Buffalo Horn.
I sold this bike as it was a bit small for me. It was a 54 inch and at 6'1" I should ride. 55" or a 56".
