I’m sorry that I’ve written the ‘POV’ part wrong. It should be “POV: You are stuck in traffic and see me pass”.

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Wouldn’t the POV in this image be from the car driver? Like “POV you’re watching me pass your car stuck in traffic”

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https://silodrome.com/railway-pennyfarthing/

This exceedingly old photograph shows a group of Russian Gendarmes in Moscow around 1890, the chap in the middle of the frame is sitting atop what is quite clearly a Penny-farthing designed for use on the railway lines. There is a counterweight on the shaft leading to the offset left wheel, I assume to keep him from falling off to his right, he also has a long handle in his right hand and I can’t for the life of me figure out what it’s for. Any ideas?

The handle is probably a hand pedal

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Or a break, looks like it’s blocking the back wheel if he push it ?

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I love how in every photo or illustration, anyone on this bike looks insanely proud and haughty.

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But why would it need the big front wheel then?

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I didn’t see the left wheel at the beginning and wondered how they could use this!

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