I have seen drawings of these, but never like this. It all makes sense now. Thank you for the reveal.

Looks like electric assist would be a very suitable addition for hill climbing, looks like a fun ride!

Thanks for this Alex. Another fascinating and beautifully delivered presentation

It looks like fun for city tourism

Thank you for putting this up. Cool history.

I just discovered your channel and i love it! hope to see some new content from you :)

@forwardtothepast2411

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gremblo, season 2 will be coming out in January 2021

Great video! I would really like to try it, here in Tuscany, just like the Pennels: unbelievable!

Hey Mate, great Chanel. The P50 brought me here and I’ve been watching your other videos. Love Vanlife, can’t wait for more videos. G’Day from Adelaide, Australia!

@forwardtothepast2411

2 жыл бұрын

Hey , thank you very much, I hope to be able to tow my p50 with my camper for future adventures one day

@85active

2 жыл бұрын

@@forwardtothepast2411 Sounds great. Looking forward to it.

The seating position brings it more in line with a recumbent bicycle.

Hats off to you Sir! Was the original design by Coventry cycles?

Jolly marvellous. So, I'm looking for somewhere to live that is just flat, or downhill...?

Do you still have this tricycle? I'd be curious to see more videos!

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Nice out-take. I would certainly be one of those too afraid to ride on a Penny Farthing so I guess I would have been riding something like this. It does remind me of my folding bike, which thanks to is very small wheels, really becomes intolerable when cycling up even a very slight slope :D Normally I just use my old racer, poor thing, I treat it more like a mountain bike :D

@forwardtothepast2411

4 жыл бұрын

in my experience, the Penny farthing is a lot less demanding to ride than the Rudge, it seems to have way more momentum : )

Hello, Enjoyed the Rudge vidio. I wonder if you could help me? I'm planning a trike with similar pedal crank and I'm worried about it's strength. Could you possibly let me know the diameter of the steel the crank is made from?

@forwardtothepast2411

3 жыл бұрын

Hello , sadly I dont own it anymore, however it was made by a company called Richard's of England

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I have an old photo of a tricycle. Do you think that you could figure out when it was made?

@forwardtothepast2411

4 жыл бұрын

Possibly

@ginnialveymusicstudio843

4 жыл бұрын

@@forwardtothepast2411 Thank you! Where should I send the photo to?

@forwardtothepast2411

4 жыл бұрын

@@ginnialveymusicstudio843 I think you can privet message people on KZread

@ginnialveymusicstudio843

4 жыл бұрын

@@forwardtothepast2411 If you know how, could you please tell me how to private message on KZread? Thank you for your kindness.

Yet another great video Have you still got that penny farthing with the small wheel at the front ? Maybe a video on that ?

@forwardtothepast2411

4 жыл бұрын

Hello, yes i do still have my Penny Farthing, but the small wheel is at the back : )

@Keeping_IT_Simple

4 жыл бұрын

@@forwardtothepast2411 must be my imagination I thought you had one of these ? images.app.goo.gl/LvPNia4LhZs3vPP38

@forwardtothepast2411

4 жыл бұрын

@@Keeping_IT_Simple haha no, maybe one day

@Keeping_IT_Simple

4 жыл бұрын

@@forwardtothepast2411 images.app.goo.gl/kiXU2zJ8qRUgcYQf7

I imagine going uphill on a pennyfarthing was no treat either especially if you did not have the momentum.

@forwardtothepast2411

3 жыл бұрын

the penny farthing is a lot easier up hill than the rudge to be honest

It would work much better with a slight gear reduction

I wonder why they didn't just use a third small wheel instead of the giant one. Of course the gear attached to the pedals would have to be substantially larger, but it doesn't seem like it would be that difficult.

@forwardtothepast2411

3 жыл бұрын

the top speed would have been compromised

@ThisTimeTheWorld

Жыл бұрын

Convention and aesthetics from the era of carriages with large wheels.

@ThisTimeTheWorld

Жыл бұрын

The large wheel reduces rolling resistance some. The same effect can be seen on tadpole trikes with a large rear wheel .

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