MonsterFarthing

Fellow penny farthing enthusiasts, monsterbike worshippers and perusers of the absurd, prepare to pee thy pantaloons:


Thanks, Christopher!

That has to be the single most impractical, exhausting, adorable combination of bicycle components EVAR. His brass clown horn is the big honkin’ cherry on top.

Several more squee-making wackywheel-related items of possible interest:

10 Responses to “MonsterFarthing”

  1. Richard Says:

    These MUST be mass-produced. Immediately.

  2. foxtongue Says:

    That’s just fucking splendid, that is.

  3. R. Says:

    O_O Holy penny farthing!

  4. Carmin Says:

    WANT! NOAW!
    Ahem. Eloquent, eh?
    Thanks for sharing this lovely.

  5. nadmai Says:

    I feel that you need to be wearing either a gimp costume made of tweed or a Victorian suit made of leather to really finish this piece off. Either way, you’ll be hot and uncomfortable.

  6. Vivacious_G Says:

    Those are all so so great and silly! I love bicycles. :)

    I do wish the links would open in a new tab or window though.

  7. NemesisOnline Says:

    He’s Dutch! At the end he says “I can’t do this anymore, I’m tired”, in case anyone was wondering.

  8. Mer Says:

    Argh. Sorry, G. I always forget to write in that html. It used to be automatic but has since changed. I’ll see if I can fix it when I’m next at my laptop.

  9. Nadya Says:

    Whoops… I’ll see if I can restore that as a default.

  10. Kale Kip Says:

    Noticed the Dutch connection too. Found a video of the guy building the bike:

    http://vimeo.com/12261913