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Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Cherry Valley CA
Jump a penny farthing ??? 
I never got the nerve to ride mine !! sold it !
Because the rider sat so high above the center of gravity, if the front wheel was stopped by a stone or rut in the road, or the sudden emergence of a dog, the entire apparatus rotated forward on its front axle, and the rider, with his legs trapped under the handlebars, was dropped unceremoniously on his head. Thus the term "taking a header" came into being.
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I never got the nerve to ride mine !! sold it !Because the rider sat so high above the center of gravity, if the front wheel was stopped by a stone or rut in the road, or the sudden emergence of a dog, the entire apparatus rotated forward on its front axle, and the rider, with his legs trapped under the handlebars, was dropped unceremoniously on his head. Thus the term "taking a header" came into being.
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Laughing Gas
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Sandy Run SC
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From: Cypress,Ca.
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