Knutsford penny farthing race

Chapeau to Kat & Charlotte who won the ladies prizes (and the team event overall?).

Thanks NG. We both had an utterly fantastic day of racing. What pure and unadulterated madness! And yes, we did win the overall team event at 104 laps.
Results are up - http://www.theknutsfordgreatrace.co.uk/

I had my biggest penny crash ever when the bike I was drafting threw its tyre, collapsed and I went over the top of it...
My knee & elbow look like tenderised steak, but other than that, fine.

Oh no. Did you do an 'imperial crowner'? Glad you are ok. Where did it happen?

No - that was just on the second lap - the chap in that broken both arms... (and the fast rider was disqualified).

I saw this later on video. Shocking to hear the rider broke bones. I saw other crashes such as the NZ rider who hit the wooden barrier on the tight far corner. The noise was like a car crash. He bounced off and impressively got straight back on before the rest of us piled up. Fortunately the organisers had covered the steel points on the fence so he didn't skewer himself. I also saw chipped teeth, split lips and chins, a broken finger and other random scrapes and blood loss. It was amazing how pennies (original and replica) were disintegrating with the sheer force of rider power.

Penny racing....FTW