How Difficult is it to Ride a Penny Farthing?

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Title	:	How Difficult is it to Ride a Penny Farthing?
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2yrs ago but a great find…I’ve been riding one as my edv for over 25yrswas a pleasure watch you figure it out…such a beautiful view up there…the only downfall is that these bike have a two beer minimum, I learned the long way… great vid fren
Comment from : 1H 1OH

What happens when you have to brake suddenly, or brake coming down a hill? Don’t you just fall forward on your face?
Comment from : majordendrocopos

thumb stuck
Comment from : Chardelra Conner

one bicycle is that allowed
Comment from : Chardelra Conner

index
Comment from : Chardelra Conner

Now give us a wheelie! :)
Comment from : Ad Sr

For someone afraid of heights this would be the perfect torture device lol
Comment from : Sebastian bDavid

First bike with pegs?
Comment from : Quixote

Learn a lunicycle if you haven’t yet
Comment from : Janice Humphries

The little things he says when getting scared that he’s gonna crash are so funny to me
Comment from : Mtber

the limited turning ability and the amount of effort it takes to mount and dismount the thing would definetly make it useless in modern traffic also, how high is the relative gearing on the thing? can it even go up a hill?
Comment from : yvs 666

does this bicycle make people fart pennies?
Comment from : JuanPa Wu

Gentleman stats increase +1000
Comment from : Jeff F

really worth remembering that a helmet was not a thing back in the day when these were ridden imagine the amount of splashed heads you would see on a grocery trip
Comment from : Eye Exist

Keeping everything aside the field of vision and the feeling of freedom must be at a level of its own
Comment from : Dr Saad ur Rehman

And I thought unicycles were hard
Comment from : Tomedy

He has the voice that I thought the penny farthing bike to have
Comment from : vendetta

Do the pedals freewheel if you decide to coast? If you brake too aggressively it seems you would flip forward on your face
Comment from : cp hank

There's a reason the first bicycles, shaped as they are today, were called safety bicycles at first
Comment from : cp hank

6:36 there always has to be a spokesperson 🙄
Comment from : Cefi Nau

Is there any reason NOT to put ape-hangers on that bad boy?
Comment from : Cognitive Dissident

Is the peddling as efficient as a normal bike or is it harder to power
Comment from : Barnaby Bourbon

oh i get it: no chain
Comment from : Jorge Reyes

On the bright side, nobody will ever try to steal your bike
Comment from : Bordstein Verbieger

Me just reading Penny Farting xd
Comment from : Peter Braatz

Great video THank you
Comment from : 13th Raven Purple

This looks like something you find in a Dr Seuss book and not in real life
Comment from : HamsisaTURKEY

hahaha! It's brilliant! Well done and thanks for the tips How would you climb a hill on this? I'm not sure I'd want to attempt that (down a hill sounds as terrifying as climbing it in fact)
Comment from : Nanou197373

He's a Scottish lad
Comment from : DustyDaCat1990

3:15
Comment from : Hamuera Music

6:24 riding the shorter crank position - for more speed or because your legs are too short 🤣
Comment from : vperm2f

Try learning to ride a recumbent bike
Comment from : Raymond Eliorda

b" Penny Fart-thing "/bbr😳💀🤯😳🤯💀☠️😮
Comment from : My Name Is Rayaan

Hilariously funny
Comment from : Tim Neeves

Now do it again, but install clipless pedals!
Comment from : catherinespark

Learn drifting
Comment from : Addy Cuber

dayumbrDude on a bigger cycle than Liver King
Comment from : ThAdonis

I imagine people used it for long trips because it seems inconvenient for short rides or anything requiring tight turns and frequent stopping
Comment from : perfectionbox

That's awesome!!!!!!!
Comment from : Renata

The fact that someone makes tires for that thing is what really kills me
Comment from : The Garden of Eatin

Seriously, how do you brake?
Comment from : kvndreamteam

I've seen people go for rides in cars with 2,000hp that didn't react the way you did to that Penny Farthing lol
Comment from : GeneralKayoss

You would have found this process much easier had you grown a handlebar mustache first and applied ample wax and twists It’s for aerodynamics or balance or something
Comment from : BrianFromBoise

I would think that a structure akin to a loading dock or a tall porch would be very helpful for mount and dismount No sweat!
Comment from : BrianFromBoise

Anno 1800 sent me here
Comment from : WereSheep

Dude you made my day thank you so much
Comment from : Arabreaders

It seems absolutely bogus that THIS was thought of before the double triangle framebrLike how does that happen ?
Comment from : darkySp

Need to add some "Ape Hanger" handlebars 😂
Comment from : J Scott Elblein - *ShadowBanned*

do i have to farth the whole ride or sporadically tho?
Comment from : Mr6060

Mans built different doing it in shorts on a thing like that like I rarely have shorts on when cycling and this guy starts of in shorts
Comment from : Fatcat

What is the point of it having a break, the transmission is fixed and emergency stops would just end in a crash anyway
Comment from : magicw

Imagine doing that to the coalmine in the days before modern, socialised medecine
Comment from : Lord Tywins bowels

Definitely on my bucket list!
Comment from : Montgomery

man these are always out of stock
Comment from : Skardsen

Of course, the problem traditionally, with the brake on the tall wheel, coming to sharp stops were bone breaking
Comment from : inyobill

Why has he donned evening wear? He looks late for a Victorian dinner party
Comment from : Timpsk

He has a hard time riding, but he doesn't seem to have a hard time cursing God's name Seems to be a natural
Comment from : Jerry Hernandez

Imagine you’re just a regular guy chilling in UK and you see this out of your window 😂
Comment from : Yash Khanchandani

thank fuck for sponsor block
Comment from : Zomble

"Oh sh** i'm on ! how do I brake ?" _ that's was brilliant
Comment from : Blofeld

Motobike
Comment from : Louis McArdle

Absolute crap editing The first couple times, and usually right at the time he started pedaling he cut to his face shot At exactly the time we wanted to see his feet Oof
Comment from : linsqo piring

Oh my god im on😵😩brOh my god im on😖😭x4brOh jesus God😵brGood day to u sir!😀😁
Comment from : Mocha_FoamsYT

So, Jesus is the actual son of the creator of the universe Please be respectful of his name and the sacrifice he paid so we can, if we so desire, have a shot at having eternal life in heaven
Comment from : Joe Bolling

Imagine you and your friend are riding a tandem bicycle together, thinking you have the coolest bike in town, and you pass a guy on a penny farthing
Comment from : deathskrieg

Hi Mike mate I'm fae Scotland as well and I reckon this is only daft enough tae be done in Scotland
Comment from : Discacorn

dude is far too short for that bike
Comment from : H

1:10 she said "that is not funny" why so rude lol
Comment from : bean baked7

This whole thing was hilarious! I wouldn't ever be able to ride that thing!! I can barely ride a regular bike! You did make it look like a lot of fun though!!
Comment from : Elizabeth Gaspodnetich

I'm betting there were a lot of injuries back in the day of the penny farthing
Comment from : David Houston

Can you coast? Or is like a fixie?
Comment from : Newtttton

this was the first thing recommended to me on nebula after signing up love it
Comment from : MelodyMathilde

I watched this to see how you got off the bike Is that on video or did I miss that part?
Comment from : aikiiai

Love this vid and I especially love and appreciate your accent Hands down my fave accent in the world
Comment from : Sarienn

A smaller one could be fun, but my fat butt isn't climbing on that
Comment from : Graveyard Shift

I have the same shoes as mike boyd!!!
Comment from : Jeetuni

Now pop a wheelie on it
Comment from : Harry Todhunter

👍
Comment from : Flea72

im buying one he convicend me as a dutchman we bike a lot so yea
Comment from : Luca Kieft

Next episode:brHalf pipe drop in! 🤣
Comment from : RDPILL PORTUGAL

One word sums up this guy "WIMP"
Comment from : Gary

But why is the wheel so big?
Comment from : ruben gonzalez

Am I the only one who still wonders how to do an emergency stop whilst staying alive?
Comment from : Troy Bwoy

He should definetly do street surfing
Comment from : Dan Cornall

2:02br"People are just staring at me"brNo, sounds like someone is also chuckling at youbrLove the tux and the hat/helmet (hatment? helhat?)brThanks, Mike - thoroughly entertaining as always!
Comment from : bushputz

So much fun!
Comment from : Kydd

I will never understand why people decided the Penny Farthing was a good idea Like surely if they could make a bike with a giant wheel they could just Make normal bike wheels???
Comment from : Snow Mexican

moral of the story, if you want people to notice you, ride a penny farthing
Comment from : Jewel

Now try to learn a wheelie on it
Comment from : Sam W

You can get a much smaller 'shell' that fits in a regular hat I never ride my penny farthing with out my top hat
Comment from : mrtea

This is awesome advertisement for the guy who built this br1 It looks awesomebr2 It's easier to ride than it looksbr3 It looks like it's qualitybr I bet lots of people going to buy this after watching the video Good job Mikey boy(d)
Comment from : Peter Selie

008 its a 700c heel not a 29er
Comment from : dom oakley

Mike this has to be the silliest thing you’ve done to date
Comment from : Bumbo

I think Kropotkin rode one of these
Comment from : J

I had a go of a penny farthing in the 90's one of the older riders in our bike club had 2 of them Not that hard to use Fun though
Comment from : Rabids Minions