I saw this bike at a shopping centre recently and thought it belonged to a cool young thing as it was a one speed and very trendy looking. Imagine my surprise when its owner stepped out of a shop and told me it was his first bike ever and he’d had it since 1958! He’d had to paint it black though so it didn’t have the original transfers on it …
It’s a Speedwell and it looks like the bell is the original one
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What a guy!! He’s obviously looked after his bike seeing as it definitely doesn’t look 53yrs old.
He seemed pretty proud of it Sugar! When I asked him for a picture of it with him, he put on his flattop cap and proudly posed.
Vicki II first of all congratulation on your blog, my husband uncle passed away last year and he left him a penny farthing that my husband want to go to pick up, dismantle and bring back to OZ and put back together, this should be fun I reckon, 🙂 love ooxx
That is fabulous wollywally! I’d love to see a picture of the penny farthing!