Same with me, untill I got my most recent 2 frames, newer tight geometry in a 50, I've twice now locked up and gone down turning 180 while going uphill and having had the toe contact the back of the rear tire, bringing me to a dead stop. Live and learn.

almost done building my penny farthing
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Cool! Could you favor us with some details? Scratch built? Where'd you get the wheels?

completely from scratch the front wheel is two 26" mountain bike wheels stretched out i used the spokes from those wheels i just double threaded the outer ones to make up the difference. the hub i made from scratch. drilled twice as many holes as i had too. doy.. the tire is solid tires from a wheelchair. it took two and a chunk since they are 24". the rear is a 16" kids bike wheel that i made a tire for. shortened the rear fork and extended the front. after I figured out the front wheel everything else was just a matter of making it how I see it in my head. Lot of work for a bicycle but its worth it for a bike like this . Cant wait to ride it
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That is going to be so fricking cool, let me know when you tire of it:p

You have huge talent Sir..

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Now, that's a truing stand. I wonder if that's how they use to do it? Way cool.

While going up hill, it should not rub your toe at all. The bike should be thrown away from the down stroke side making impossible to rub your toe. this is off the saddle climbing. The only way it rubs is if you are climbing in the saddle and are crawling up hill trying to stay upright at a walking pace turning the handle bars trying to balance yourself from falling off the bike. You turn the wheel with the down stroke foot in the way causing it to rub. when one is riding, the wheel should never turn that much, there is never a need to do so.

Sorry, I notice the 180 degree turn you wrote. When you are in a tight turn, the outside leg should always be down near 6 o'clock with a little weight on it for balance. Inside leg on the upstroke (knee sticking out for balance)ready to power down right after the apex. The down stroke foot will never rub the tire, because the wheel is turned the other way. I hope its clear.

Yeah I understand that now, it was never an issue previously so wasn't concerned, caught me out.

You never know when you will need to do a quick 180.
I was just riding the highway from New Denver to Kaslo BC on the road bike. Just before the summit at Bear lake I ran into a big black bear boar. The bear was upwind of me so I whistled and started talking to it and he stood up in the middle of the highway to try to figure out what I was.
This is when the quick 180 comes into play...
The bear went back up the bank and was nearly invisible as soon as it stepped into the bush.
I turned back around and waited for a vehicle to come along and I signaled it to slow down and pointed to the trees up the bank.
I jumped on the trailers back bumper and sprinted through the area where the bear was. Tough to do after a 1 hour climb but I had some motivation!

The mountain biking and the road biking around New Denver is amazing by the way and if you find yourself going to this area make sure to take the bikes! (Or your Porsche! Beautiful roads to drive.)

That last part: "The down stroke foot will never rub tire..." you mean the inside foot, which starts in the 12 o'clock position, ready to go downstroke?

When granny gearing it up a hill (in the saddle), I sometimes turn the handle bars, but I believe I turn it into the downstroke side, moving the rear of the front tire away from that side. Seems natural to do that - to prevent the downstroke toe from hitting the wheel.

^^^ Wow - that homebuilt Penny Farthing is neat!

Found this dual purpose vintage device for my 'work in progress'. Primary use is to beat the %&*# out of road raged motorist against cyclist. Hope it spreads tetanus too :D

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I wonder how many youngens lost an egg or two on those gear shifters?

Well, here is what happened to them..

This clown killed all sorts of cool stuff..

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And away went the high back sissy bar too. We would go to a Western Auto store and purchased banana seats, monkey handlebars and of course high back sissy bars. Eventually they stopped selling the sissy bar supposably because kids would swing a leg and catch it and fall over. Mercy.

When they started dumbing down kids instead of letting them learn from their mistakes..:mad:
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