Ok, in the last few days 2 different people (with no connection to each other) have mentioned seeing another/different penny farthing rider in #Oslo.
One of them specifically mentioned a time and location where I was not present and the colour of the penny was different than mine (white).
Anyone else seen this person?
Also is there allowed to be two of us? I feel like I should start carrying a lance with me at all times when out on my penny and if I spot this fellow I shall joust him to the ground!
In all seriousness I would like to meet this other person. I think it is great that there might be more of us. I actually met people like @erlendloe and @unimyra because of confusion about who "the Oslo unicyclist" was (nobody expected more than one!)
I would love to see a Veltepetter revival in Oslo, alongside with the vast amounts of unicyclists we have gathered here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrZtFR1emvc
I shall semi-steal Apple's catch phrase #CycleDifferent
If you are reading this and thinking, "I am in Olso and should take up riding one of these", I can recommend you contact Per-Olof Kippel in Sweden, to sort you out with your own machine!
https://www.standardhighwheels.se
Other good places to buy one are https://www.pennyfarthingdan.com.au or https://www.unicycle.com/unicycles/penny-farthings-odd-bikes/ if you aren't based on Europe.
Dan even makes a penny farthing with a foldable wheel for the ultimate in practicality!
This could be #Olso in the future, with some hipster cycling through Grünerløkka.
And today another Penny Farthing rider in #Oslo actually contacted me via a DM on Mastodon!!
I also discovered there is a "Team Norway" at the yearly Penny Farthing event in Sweden, made up for 3 people, all from Oslo.
Ok, that is actually awesome. I would love to join then but sadly I am busy around the time of the event
I will not say the username or include the whole message since it was sent as a DM, so potentially it was meant to remain private but here is the opening part.