I am racing a club duathlon on Sunday on penny farthing, and just want to understand how fast are these things? Wot kind of times I would be looking for a 20k TT? Does aero bars make any difference on it? How good are these climbing up the hills? I have never ridden one before, so need to know how to get on this kind of bike quickly out of transition. Any tips will be appreciated.
The duathlon is 3.2k run, 20k bike, 3.2k run.
Penny Farthings - how fast are they?
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aero bars on a penny......ha
Maybe you should try practicing first!!
They go as fast as the rider can pedal, Bigger wheel is better as it basically means a bigger gear. Pedaling is fixed, there are no brakes, and NO you can't use aerobars. Climbing hills is all about power, being light doesn't help much at all. As for speed, i won the Penny Road race in Evandale this year (20miles/32km) in a time of 1hr6min57sec, which included me being solo for the majority.
They go as fast as the rider can pedal, Bigger wheel is better as it basically means a bigger gear. Pedaling is fixed, there are no brakes, and NO you can't use aerobars. Climbing hills is all about power, being light doesn't help much at all. As for speed, i won the Penny Road race in Evandale this year (20miles/32km) in a time of 1hr6min57sec, which included me being solo for the majority.
Maybe you should try practicing first!!
They go as fast as the rider can pedal, Bigger wheel is better as it basically means a bigger gear. Pedaling is fixed, there are no brakes, and NO you can't use aerobars. Climbing hills is all about power, being light doesn't help much at all. As for speed, i won the Penny Road race in Evandale this year (20miles/32km) in a time of 1hr6min57sec, which included me being solo for the majority.
Thanks James! Unfortunately I won't get a chance to train on one before the race. Can the rider get on the seat without any assistance?
Find a hedge, dismount as elegantly as possible. Don't let the bike fall over.more importantly, how do you get off from it?
http://www.dhbc.org.au/forum/viewtopic. ... &start=120
The first recorded hour record was set in 1876 when Frank Dodds of England pedaled 15.8 miles (25.506 km) in an hour on a high wheeler.
Thanks for your trust in me. Unfortunately I got betrayed by John who was supposed to provide Penny farthing for the race. Some race officials argued that it won't comply the Triathlon Australia bike spec in first place, but they couldn't provide any documentation to confirm that. I will have to dig further into it.If anyone else but G had asked these questions I would have assumed it was a just wind up!
Does anyone have a penny farthing in our club?
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