May 14, 2010

Home Made P-Far

check out this home made penny farthing from the All-City Blog
I'm pretty enamored with it due to the level of inventiveness and ingenuity that went in to making it. It really seems to follow in the spirit of that time in bicycle history when coach makers and metal workers were inventing and making bicycles and components.

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internal headset. headtube made from water pipe fitting
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home made leather saddle with adjustable mount
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rear wheel from an antique sewing machine with garden hose for rubber
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juncture of garden hose on front wheel
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cranks made from 5/8ths wrenches
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carved wooden bars
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card from original shop
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Amazing

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