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Canadian woman breaks two speed records on penny farthing bike - UPI.com

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      Imagine getting passed by a penny farthing...

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        This Canadian athlete broke this record on a track in Tasmania. This suggests that she had to travel to Tasmania to do this, but also ship her competition penny farthing. Its possibly too expensive for air freight, so she might have had to ship it ahead of time. This means that she would have been without her competition penny farthing for the days/weeks needed to ship it. Being the world record holder, I have to assume she has at least one other penny farthing she uses for training while her main one is out of reach.

        So here she is owning at least two penny farthings, while you and I are sitting here like chumps owning zero. What are we doing with our lives?!

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          I think I would like to see a penny farthing bike race.

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            Imagine getting passed by a penny farthing...

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            Having very not read the article, does it mention the speed? Maybe all the effort is just getting the thing to move at all, and it only goes at roughly walking pace

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              Having very not read the article, does it mention the speed? Maybe all the effort is just getting the thing to move at all, and it only goes at roughly walking pace

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              Having very not read the article, does it mention the speed?

              It does!

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                Having very not read the article, does it mention the speed?

                It does!

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                Is the speed a Fibonacci number?

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                  Having very not read the article, does it mention the speed? Maybe all the effort is just getting the thing to move at all, and it only goes at roughly walking pace

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                  47 mph

                  Source: I made it up!

                  Seriously though, almost 26 mph.

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                    Is the speed a Fibonacci number?

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                    Its not a secret. Its in the article.

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                      Its not a secret. Its in the article.

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                      Well go on then, don't keep the not-secret a secret!

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                        This is wild. At least she was on a track, which minimized the chances of getting thrown violently forward in a sudden stop. I'll stick with my safety bicycle, thanks.

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                          Well go on then, don't keep the not-secret a secret!

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                          Oh, gotcha! Here's the link to the article right here for you to get that number:

                          https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/23/canada-Guinness-World-Records-penny-farthing/1911753284806/

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                            Oh, gotcha! Here's the link to the article right here for you to get that number:

                            https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/07/23/canada-Guinness-World-Records-penny-farthing/1911753284806/

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                            LOOOOOL

                            This is well done. Sadly, the number is what's needed, not the link 🀷

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                              LOOOOOL

                              This is well done. Sadly, the number is what's needed, not the link 🀷

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                              Oh, no worries! Just click on that link and you see it right on your screen! Its THAT easy!

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                                Oh, no worries! Just click on that link and you see it right on your screen! Its THAT easy!

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                                Waaaah! Amazing! Can you show me the way? Maybe a little sneak peak of the number?

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                                  Waaaah! Amazing! Can you show me the way? Maybe a little sneak peak of the number?

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                                  Waaaah! Amazing! Can you show me the way?

                                  Of course, friend!

                                  Once you click on the link, you'll see the article. I'll even do the hard part for you of finding it. Its the fourth sentence in the article. You'll find the answer there. I helpfully took a screenshot even put a black box where you need to look for your answer.

                                  I hope that helps!

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                                    This is wild. At least she was on a track, which minimized the chances of getting thrown violently forward in a sudden stop. I'll stick with my safety bicycle, thanks.

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                                    laughs in 50mph solowheel

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                                      I think I would like to see a penny farthing bike race.

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                                      Only if they play appropriate penny farthing music.

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                                        Only if they play appropriate penny farthing music.

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                                        like the benny hill song?

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                                          like the benny hill song?

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                                          Yes! That'd be perfect. Or something from the early 20th century player through a gramophone.

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