Editing Penny-farthing (section)

== Events ==
[[File:Höghjuling - High wheel race - Ystad-2021.jpg|thumb|right|High wheel race 2021.]]
* Each February in [[Evandale, Tasmania|Evandale]], [[Tasmania]], penny-farthing enthusiasts from around the world converge on the small village for a series of penny-farthing races, including the national championship.<ref>{{cite news |title=Evandale Village Fair and National Penny Farthing Championships |url=http://evandalevillagefair.com/index.php/event-information |access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>
* In October there is a bicycle ride from the {{convert|30|ft|m}} statue of an 1890s bicyclist on a penny-farthing in [[Port Byron, Illinois]] named "Will B. Rolling" to a similar statue in Sparta, Wisconsin named "Ben Bikin'".<ref>{{cite news |title=Port Byron to host bicycle tour across Illinois, Wisconsin |url=https://qctimes.com/news/local/port-byron-to-host-bicycle-tour-across-illinois-wisconsin/article_826b2696-e4d7-54e9-baad-f594fedc2626.html |work=Quad City Times |date=2015-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Will To Ben |url=http://www.willtoben.com/ |website=BikeWisconsin.com |access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref>
* In 2004, British [[leukemia]] patient and charity fundraiser [[Lloyd Scott]] (43) rode a penny-farthing across the [[Australian outback]] to raise money for a charitable cause.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4060779.stm
| title = Penny-farthing man's Bondi brake
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060701084528/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4060779.stm
| archive-date = 2006-07-01
| access-date = 2008-08-13 | work=BBC News | date=2004-12-02}}</ref>
* In November 2008, Briton Joff Summerfield completed a {{convert|22000|mile|km}} round-the-world trip on a penny-farthing. Summerfield spent two-and-a-half years cycling through 23 countries, visiting locations including the Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat and Mount Everest.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3411787/Cyclist-goes-around-the-world-on-penny-farthing.html
| title = Cyclist goes around the world on penny-farthing
| access-date = 2008-11-12
| work=The Daily Telegraph
| location=London
| date=2008-11-09}}</ref>
* [[Knutsford]] in England has hosted the Knutsford Great Race every 10 years since 1980. The 1980 race had 15 team entries, and there were 16 in 1990 and 2000. The 2010 race was limited to 50 teams and was in aid of the [[ShelterBox]] charity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theknutsfordgreatrace.co.uk/ |title=Latest News &#124; the Knutsford Great Race |access-date=2010-08-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807115256/http://theknutsfordgreatrace.co.uk/ |archive-date=2014-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11192407|title=BBC News - Penny-farthing race takes place in Knutsford|work=bbc.co.uk|access-date=5 September 2010|date=2010-09-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/things_to_do/newsid_8816000/8816945.stm |title=BBC - Knutsford museum set for ten-yearly penny farthing race |work=news.bbc.co.uk |date=2010-07-13 |access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref>
* In 2012, the first Clustered Spires High Wheel Race took place in [[Frederick, Maryland]], USA. This is the country's only race of its kind - a one-hour criterium race around a {{convert|0.4|miles|m|sigfig=3}} course through the historic downtown district.<ref>{{cite news
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/frederick-hosts-high-wheel-bike-race/2012/08/19/c295e334-ea2b-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_story.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130227003058/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-08-19/lifestyle/35492081_1_high-wheel-racer-youngest-rider
| url-status = live
| archive-date = February 27, 2013
| title = Frederick hosts high-wheel bike race
| author = Tomi Obaro
| date = August 19, 2012
| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]
| access-date = 2013-04-04}}</ref>