gets the credit for making the high-wheeler feasible and making it known. ^ a b Tony Hadland and Hans-Erhard Lessing (2014).^ 'HiWheel Sources aka Penny Farthing, Ordinary, Boneshaker'.^ 'The Wheelmen FAQ: What do you call high wheel bicycles?'.'Oxford English Dictionary' (Draft, online ed.). ^ John Simpson & Edmund Weiner (2008).^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Herlihy, David V.^ 'Pedaling History Bicycle Museum, A Quick History of Bicycles: The High Wheel Bicycle'.Yike Bike, an electric 'mini-farthing' design.This is the country's only race of its kind - a one-hour criterium race around a 0.4 miles (644 m) course through the historic downtown district. In 2012, the first Clustered Spires High Wheel Race took place in Frederick, Maryland, USA.
Each year in the US the Wheelmen hold a national meet that celebrates antique bicycles. The 2010 race was limited to 50 teams and was in aid of the ShelterBox charity. The 1980 race had 15 team entries, and there were 16 in 19. Knutsford in England has hosted the Knutsford Great Race every 10 years since 1980. Summerfield spent two-and-a-half years cycling through 23 countries, visiting locations including the Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat and Mount Everest. In November 2008, Briton Joff Summerfield completed a 22,000 miles (35,000 km) round-the-world trip on a penny-farthing. In 2004, British leukemia patient and charity fundraiser Lloyd Scott (43) rode a penny-farthing across the Australian outback to raise money for a charitable cause. Rolling' to a similar statue in Sparta, Wisconsin named 'Ben Bikin'. In October there is a bicycle ride from the 30 feet (9.1 m) statue of an 1890s bicyclist on a penny-farthing in Port Byron, Illinois named 'Will B. Each February in Evandale, Tasmania, penny-farthing enthusiasts from around the world converge on the small village for a series of penny-farthing races, including the national championship. It is a symbol of the city of Sparta, Wisconsin, Davis, California, and Redmond, Washington. Co-creator and star Patrick McGoohan stated that the bike represented slowing down the wheels of progress. A penny-farthing is the logo of The Village in the cult 1960s television series The Prisoner, and is also featured in the show's closing titles. There was at least one 64-inch (1.6 m) Columbia made in the mid-1880s, but 60 was the largest in regular production. A 60-inch gear, the largest practicable size for a high-wheeler, is nowadays a middle gear of a utility bicycle, while top gears on many exceed 100 inches. The result is the equivalent diameter of a penny-farthing wheel. These are calculated by multiplying the wheel diameter in inches by the number of teeth on the front chain-wheel and dividing by the teeth on the rear sprocket. 
The high-wheeler lives on in the gear inch units used by cyclists in English-speaking countries to describe gear ratios.
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