penny farthing
Big-wheeled cycle
A penny farthing is an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and a tiny rear wheel—the size disparity resembling a British penny beside a farthing coin.
The rider sat high above the front wheel, making mounting and dismounting precarious.
The design was common in the 1870s and 1880s before the modern "safety bicycle" replaced it.
Large-wheeled antique bicycle
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- velocipedeEarly pedal-driven vehicle
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- spokesRods connecting hub to rim
pedal · handlebars · wheel · mount · dismount · header · rider · cycling
Of a prim era
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- museumPublic exhibit space
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- relicPreserved ancient object
exhibit · nineteenth-century · heritage · curiosity · collectible · restoration · conservation · preservation
Not properly scaled
- lopsidedUnequally balanced
- unequalNot the same
- unbalancedLacking equilibrium or stability
- mismatchedNot fitting together properly
high-wheeler
Large-wheeled antique bicycle
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- velocipedeEarly pedal-driven vehicle
- saddleMounted rider's seat
spokes · pedal · handlebars · wheel · mount · dismount · header · rider · cycling · touring
Victorian
Of a prim era
relic · exhibit · nineteenth-century · heritage · curiosity · collectible · restoration · conservation · preservation · engraving
disproportionate
Not properly scaled
- lopsidedUnequally balanced
- unequalNot the same
- unbalancedLacking equilibrium or stability
mismatched · oversized · undersized · contrasting · disparity
collectible
Object worth amassing
restored · preserved · classic · authentic · original · patina · craftsmanship · wrought-iron · livery · regalia
- bicyclesmountain bike, road bike, BMX, tricycle, e-bike
- old-fashionedantique, antiques, gramophone, phonograph, horse and buggy
- transportation museumvintage cars, steam locomotive, model trains, horse carriage, trolley car
- unpowered vehiclesbicycle, tricycle, unicycle, wheelchair, kayak
- outdated thingsflip phones, VHS tapes, fax machines, dial-up, typewriters
- Victorian antiquesbustle, corset, bonnet, cravat, waistcoat
penny farthingelectric bicycle
Motor-assisted pedal cycle
e-bike · BMX · mountain bike
penny, pennies, penniless, halfpenny, pennyworth, farthing, farthings, farthingale