An antique high-wheeler has a front wheel that's more than 4 feet tall. It positions the rider precariously high. Riding one is a bit like pedaling a stepladder, a stepladder with no brakes. The ...

For the 11th year, the streets of downtown Frederick on Saturday were converted into a racetrack and thousands of cheering spectators lined the sidewalks to catch a glimpse of the National Clustered ...

The high-wheel bike, or penny farthings, has a large front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel. It was a popular design of the 1800s. The race, in Downtown Frederick, is the only one of its kind in ...

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Juston Anderson boasts that he can teach someone to ride a high-wheeled bike in two minutes — even though they may be sitting 5 feet above the pavement. "When you start to ride, everyone grabs onto ...

Gui Nelessen is used to getting some strange looks when he goes out for a ride on his high wheel bicycle. “The world stops” when you ride past, he said. “You hear conversations stop.” But there were ...

When Randy Oleynik began riding antique high-wheel bicycles, he never imagined his daughter, Amy, would one day join him in the adventure of a lifetime. "I started riding high wheels back in 1991, ...