First Person: ‘I’m Dan Bolwell… and I make penny-farthings.’

‘When I see someone with a top hat, I want to poke a stick in their spokes, because it’s inappropriate clothing – it’s the wrong era.

‘People on penny-farthings wore riding gear – thin, woollen cycling outfits. They were riding fast, they were out to do touring, racing. It was the hoon’s machine of 1880.’

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