BASF, a German chemical company that specializes in manufacturing plastics, has developed Concept 1865, an e-bike inspired by the design of a penny-farthing, a 148-year-old bicycle design. BASF, a ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The penny-farthing, also known as the High Wheel, High Wheeler or Ordinary, is a cycle with a huge front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel. It was the first machine to be ...

Although their advantages over conventional bicycles are debatable, hubless-wheel ebikes certainly look futuristic. Penny farthings, on the other hand, definitely do not. It only makes sense, then, ...