2/25/09
Bob in the Whiskey Flats Day Parade
Bob rode his Penny Farthing Bicycle in the Parade in Kernville, CA on Feb. 14. Why it is called a penny farthing bicycle I don't know. Guess we'll have to ask him. The town used to be known as Whiskey Flats and in 1890 was changed and moved to the present location and called Kernville. Every year they have a big parade to honor it's beginnings.
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This is what Wikipedia has to say about the name Penny-farthing Bicycle. The description 'penny-farthing' refers to British penny and farthing coins, one much larger than the other so that the side view resembles a penny leading a farthing,[3] though this expression does not appear in print until 1927.[4] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny-farthing
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