Editing Penny-farthing (section)

=== Performance ===
Frederick Lindley Dodds, of Stockton-on-Tees, England, is credited with having set the first hour record, covering an estimated distance of 15 miles and 1,480 yards (25.493 kms) on a high-wheeler during a race on the Fenner's Track, Cambridge University on March 25, 1876.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKay |first=Feargal |date=2018-08-22 |title=The First Hours - The Hour Record Before Henri Desgrange |url=https://www.podiumcafe.com/book-corner/2018/8/22/17767778/cycling-hour-record |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Podium Cafe |language=en}}</ref>

The furthest (paced) hour record ever achieved on a penny-farthing bicycle was {{convert|22.09|miles|km}} by William A. Rowe, an American, in 1886.<ref name="Feargal McKay">{{cite web|author=Feargal McKay |url=https://www.podiumcafe.com/book-corner/2018/1/30/16951728/penny-farthing-hour-record |title=The Penny Hour - The Last Hour Record Set On A High-Wheeled Bicycle |date=30 January 2018 |publisher=PodiumCafe.com |access-date=2018-02-01}}</ref>

The record for riding from [[Land's End to John o' Groats]] on a penny-farthing was set in 1886 by [[George Pilkington Mills]] with a time of five days, one hour, and 45 minutes. This record was broken in 2019 by Richard Thoday with a time of four days, 11 hours and 52 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fastest Journey from Land's End to John-O'-Groats by penny farthing (male) |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/469573-fastest-journey-from-lands-end-to-john-o-groats-by-penny-farthing-male |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-27 |title=Teacher breaks 130-year old record by cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats on a penny farthing |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/teacher-breaks-130-year-old-record-cycling-lands-end-john-ogroats-penny-farthing-1412295 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=The Scotsman |language=en}}</ref>

Until the 21st century, the last paced hour record to be set on a penny-farthing was probably BW Attlee's 1891 English amateur record of {{convert|21.10|miles|km}}.<ref name="Feargal McKay"/> This was beaten by Scots cyclist [[Mark Beaumont (cyclist)|Mark Beaumont]] at [[Herne Hill Velodrome]] on 16 June 2018 when he covered {{convert|21.92|miles|km}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44494577|title=Mark Beaumont breaks British Penny Farthing record
|work=BBC News |date=15 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/671854/beaumont-misses-out-on-penny-farthing-world-record/|website=The Courier|title=Beaumont misses out on penny farthing world record|date=15 June 2018 }}</ref>

In 1884, [[Thomas Stevens (cyclist)|Thomas Stevens]] rode a Columbia penny-farthing from San Francisco to Boston<ref name=Herlihy/>—the first cyclist to cross the United States. In 1885–86, he continued from London through Europe, the Middle East, China, and Japan, to become the first to ride around the world.

Tremendous feats of balance were reported, including negotiating a narrow bridge [[parapet]] and riding down the [[U.S. Capitol]] steps with the [[American Star Bicycle]] which has the small wheel in front.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.pedalinghistory.com/PHhistory.html
 |title = Pedaling History Bicycle Museum, A Quick History of Bicycles: The High Wheel Safety |access-date = 2009-01-24 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090205043857/http://pedalinghistory.com/PHhistory.html |archive-date = 2009-02-05}}</ref>