new version of the penny farthing bicycle

Published by: wktd 2009-01-08

Cyclist goes around the world on penny farthing:London-News 4 Kids ::
Penny Farthing Joff Summerfield pedalled his handmade replica of a Victorian bicycle into Greenwich Market, south-east London, where his journey began
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i'm trying to find out who makes or markets a new modern version of the old english bicycle called the "penny farthing" which i've just seen one example of in tenerife.its not as big as the original bike,but is a new smaller modern version of the same design features.

Dear rysmith, One company marketing such a modernized, slightly scaled-down version of a penny-farthing bicycle is Coker Tire Company Inc. As part of their Coker Classic Cycles line, they distribute the "Coker Wheelman": http://www.coker.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=18283&cat=303&page=1 For additional information, you may want to contact Coker: Coker Tire 1317 Chestnut Street Chattanooga, TN 37402 USA -- Phone 1: 800-251-6336 Phone 2: (423) 756-5607 E-Mail: info@coker.com Website: http://www.coker.com/ In case you are located in Europe please note that the Coker Wheelman is also available, for example, in Great Britain from Unicycle.com: http://www.unicycle.uk.com/shop/shopdisplayproduct.asp?catalogid=80 Gemcrest Limited Unicycle.com The Grange Business Centre Belasis Avenue Billingham Stockton TS23 1LG GREAT BRITAIN -- Telephone 1: 0800 980 0711 Telephone 2: (+44) 1642 361 203 Fax: (+44) 1642 361 254 E-Mail: Roger@Unicycle.UK.Com Website: http://www.unicycle.uk.com/ Another distributor and manufacturer of scaled-down modern penny-farthing bikes is Rideable Bicycle Replicas, who offer besides authentic replicas of those bicycles the "RBR Mini Hiwheel": http://www.hiwheel.com/antique_replicas/mini_hiwheel.htm For additional information, here is their contact information: Rideable Bicycle Replicas 2329 Eagle Ave. Alameda, CA 94501 USA -- Phone: 510-769-0980 Fax: 510-521-7145 Email: info@hiwheel.com Website: http://www.hiwheel.com/ Search terms used: "penny farthing" modern ://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=%22penny+farthing%22+modern&btnG=Suche&meta= Coker Wheelman ://www.google.de/search?q=Coker+Wheelman&hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&newwindow=1&start=0&sa=N "coker wheelman" ://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=%22coker+wheelman%22&btnG=Suche&meta= RBR Mini Hi-Wheel ://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&q=RBR+Mini+Hi-Wheel&btnG=Google-Suche&meta= Special thanks to my colleague Researcher pinkfreud-ga for a most valuable hint. Hope this is what you were looking for! Regards, Scriptor

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a very good answer finding not quite but very near to the bike i saw.the one i saw was even more of a more modern bike but with the wheel size feature of the penny farthing,all on a smaller modern bike size scale,any other types?