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Museum Admission
Dogs £Free
Carers £Free
groups £groups of maximum of 4 , during covid restrictions , are very welcome, flexible days/hours may be available , please contact us for details
Opening Times
CLOSED From 4th December until allowed to reopen by Welsh ASsembly
NO PREBOOKING REQUIRED BUT GROUP SIZES NEED TO COMPLY WITH COVID REGULATIONS
Call 01938 552817 if urgent , otherwise contact the curators by email via the get in touch section on Contact heading
National Cycle Museum
The Automobile Palace
Temple Street
Llandrindod Wells
Powys - Mid Wales
LD1 5DL
Tel: 01597 825531
 
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The Ordinary/Penny Farthing
The invention in the 1870s of the metal-rimmed wheel with wire tension spokes introduced the next phase of bicycle design, the development of the high ordinary or ‘penny farthing.’ Front wheels could be constructed of a diameter only limited by the inside leg measurement of the rider. Tall cyclists with long legs had a built-in advantage!
Use of the ordinary was limited to athletic young men. Long distance tours were made and, in the 1880s round-the-world rides were accomplished. However, the ordinary is not for the faint-hearted.
Machines were developed in which the driven front wheel was reduced in diameter and a form of ‘gearing-up’ was introduced between the pedals and the wheel.
Geared-up chain drives, lever treadles and epicyclic hub gears were all tried and ‘geared front-drivers’ enjoyed a short vogue during the 1880s..
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