If you thought that the Penny Farthing Cycling Championships was a joke, this is a must see video from broadcaster diagonaluk of Diagonal View and besides, it will add a bit of sunshine to everyone's weekend.
It seems that the Australians have a thing about big wheels. The quiet village of Evandale in northern Tasmania, has incorporated a Penny Farthing Championship in its annual village fair, which is held annually in February.
Last year, British cyclist Jonathan Summerfield competed in the championship, while riding around the world on a handmade penny farthing. Jonathan visited 23 countries during his 35,367km (21,976-mile) circumnavigation of the globe, replicating the feat of fellow Briton Thomas Stevens, who rode around the world on a penny farthing bicycle back in 1887.
