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The Penny Farthing as such didn't do much for society, it was too expensive and tricky to use to become particularly wide spread.
But the shortcomings of the Penny Farthing lead to the development of the "safety bike" which was a huge improvement and looked pretty much as bikes do today. And the Safety Bike had a huge impact on the mobility of everyday people, it was the first affordable means of personal transportation.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 6y agoThe penny farthing as such didn't help much, it was too expensive and frankly too impractical to ride. But it didn help indirectly by paving the way for the "safety bike" i.e. the chain driven bicycle that looked very much like our modern bikes. And that bicycle became the first personal transportation device that was afforable for for pretty much anyone, and made it possible for people to work, study and date outside of walking distance from their homes.
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∙ 13y agoThe Penny-Farthing was too expensive and too impractical to be very important by itself, but it was important in a roundabout way by leading up to the invention of the chain driven bike, which turned out to be really important.
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∙ 11y agoNot much really.
The Penny-Farthing was too expensive and too impractical to be important in itself. But it did lead to the development of the modern, chain-driven bicycle.
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What was unusual about the penny fathering bicyle?
The penny farthing, sometimes known as a High Wheeler, or the Ordinary, had a large diameter front wheel directly drive by the pedals. It had a much smaller diameter rear wheel. The tubular frame connecting the wheels was in an arc with a small saddle bolted near the top, and a small step just above the rear wheel used to help in mounting. The penny farthing was notoriously difficult to ride, and rather wobbly when setting off, which took some practice - and often just as difficult to stop and get off without falling off. The wheels were usually covered in narrow, solid rubber tyres, which made the penny farthing rather noisy as there were a lot of cobbled roads at the time.
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