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@Harry_C
Being a long time browser of the forum and never really contributing anything, I thought this may be of some interest to some of you...
The plan is to build one (or two) penny farthings, my dad has been racing one a friend built a few years ago, having ridden it aswell I decided out of a combination of boredom and interest to start building one for each of us.
Most of this will be guess work aswell as a lot of asking people in the know of what an ideal design is...
Plan for my own:
54-56" wheel - not sure if my legs are long enough for the bigger wheel as I'm 5'11 so will have to try one out
Custom build all framework - as it's not really an OTP market and I'm an engineering apprentice I want to produce as many of the parts myself as possible
That's it for right now as I'm posting from my phone, will be starting to turn a custom headtube and steerer later today at work to deal with the extra stress around that area on a penny that standard tubing won't cope with very well, so hopefully some pictures to follow soon.
Disclaimer: I am no professional machinist, I'm an apprentice with a couple of weeks experience on a Bridgeport mill and Colchester lathe so nothing will be perfect and I'm sure I'll have no idea what I'm doing most of the time.
Any input or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!