Summerfield’s penny-farthing at the Grand Canyon Tell us about the build - and how you get on the bike in the first place. The gusting crosswinds in Iceland were particularly exciting. Crosswinds can also catch the wheel and steer you across the road. You sit very upright and catch the full force if you’re riding into it. The biggest challenge for the penny is the wind, and it does like to blow a gale in Iceland. You constantly feel like you are on the set of “Game of Thrones” (of course, a lot of it was filmed there). Circumnavigating Iceland on a penny - what was that like? Luckily, I was able to make repairs using a couple of different farms’ welders as I went along.
The MK-2 was a lot easier to ride, and I gave it a good beating (until it broke). was on my MK-2 version, which was about 32 pounds in weight. In 2000, I rode Lands End to John O’Groats. The only way to find this out was to get out there and put in the miles on a loaded bike. What specific modifications did you make to your penny for long-distance bikepacking?īike design-wise, it was about learning how to make the bike both strong and light. Denmark is the only country I’ve visited that I have not been to with my bike. I have cycled my penny-farthing in 31 countries, including the United States. How many countries have you been to? How many have you cycled through (or around)? I did this until 2014 when I left to cycle around the world again.Ģ021 is going to be a change for me, as I am taking on a new workshop to start building pennies again.
I worked in Formula One for 5 years before becoming going into building penny-farthing bikes. My original occupation was as a race engine builder. The craziest thing I could think of was to build a penny-farthing. Making a touring bike seemed too simple, a mountain bike too normal. Now, I do like making things, so of course I wanted to make my own bike. I did this on a 1940s BSA Parachute bike. Summerfield: My first bikepacking trip was a 5-day ride from Calais, France, to Amsterdam, Netherlands. Q&A With Penny-Farthing Cyclist Joff Summerfield GearJunkie: How did you get into penny-farthings? And when did you first get into bikepacking? But in our opinion, the sheer amount of miles this cyclist has accumulated on his penny takes the cake. Granted, he’s not the first to take on a crazy challenge while bike touring. We spoke with maybe the best penny-farthing rider in the world, Joff Summerfield, who’s cycled more than 38,000 miles around the world on his. Picture a 4-foot-tall front wheel, no chain, and solid rubber tires. This is a penny-farthing bicycle (circa 1870s, before someone invented gears, chains, or pneumatic tires). Not only did he build his very own penny-farthing, but he’s also ridden it 38,000 miles around the world - and counting. To call Joff Summerfield a bike enthusiast would be an understatement.
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