Penny Farthings

On the 11 to 13 October 2024 there will be a Penny Farthing Guinness World Record Extravaganza weekend in London UK.

The event is hosted at Herne Hill in London and Lee Valley Velodrome.

The intention is to not only be a fun weekend for anyone interested in Penny farthings but also to break several Penny Farthing World Records. This includes the Penny Farthing Stack record. This officially stands at 131, but there is an unofficial record from the USA 151 which is hoped to be broken as well.

ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN

As you will have noticed we have a shortage of Penny Farthings on our website. This is due to a supply issue with our rim production. This supply issue problem is compounded by many factors effecting the supply chain at the same time, it is not down to a single thing.

In our latest YouTube video we show you an effective and safe way of teaching someone how to mount a Penny Farthing.

This fantastic 32 Inch Penny Farthing is a great size for kids and adults who just want a fun Penny Farthing at a great price! Just a stepping stone for the really big Penny Farthings!

Dean is riding 350 miles on a Penny Farthing for the fantastic charity - Help for Heroes. Tour de Borders

Our friend Neil Laughton has set 3 new Guinness World Records for riding a Penny Farthing without using your hands: 10km - 23 mins, 23 secs; Furthest distance in an hour - 26.0 km and Fastest average speed over 100m - 29.6 kph.

Theses records were acredited by Guinness and he was presented at the track with the awards.  The record used a 56" UDC Penny Farthing.

Here is an amazing video of Richard Thoday's world record breaking ride from Lands End to John O'Groats (LEJOG).

On the 10 October 2019, Global Cycling Network (GCN) set-up a world record attempt to try and break the one hour world record for Penny Farthings. The previous World Record was set by WA Rowe in 1886, 133 years ago! The attempt used slightly modified UDC Penny Farthings.

On the 20th July 2019 Richard Thoday will attempt to break the Penny Farthing world record for Lands End to John O'Groats. All in the name of charity raising funds for Children in Need.

Now we have our Penny Farthing together, there is lots of adjustment we can make.