If you can ride a regular bicycle, you can ride a penny farthing. Getting on and off is the trick (there’s a small step on the frame above the small wheel). Onc

If you can ride a regular bicycle, you can ride a penny farthing. Getting on and off is the trick (there’s a small step on the frame above the small wheel). Once you’re in the saddle, just ride like you normally would. Watch out for potholes, or over the top you go. But I’ve put a few folks on mine while friends hold the bike, and they’ve had no problems riding it. That said, they are very dangerous as they tip forward way too easily if you’re leaning too far forward or bombing down a hill, and it is a long way down. Everyone I know who has ridden for any length of time (as in, years of riding 100 mile rides (oh, yes, people ride them that far), parades, and the like) has been seriously hurt, myself included.