“It’s not a particularly comfortable ride, but I like to get out on these old bikes every so often,” says Eames, with characteristic wry humor.Įames bought his first bike, a Raleigh, in 1974 and a few years later, a penny farthing, a prop out of the display window of a sports store in New Hampshire. But he can tell you what bike it was on: a vintage “Ordinary” bike, also known as a high-wheeler or “penny farthing,” from the 1880s.ĭressed in period clothes and perched high atop the big wheel, he rattled along for 100 miles. “It was out of Billings Farm in Woodstock, in 1992, and I can’t remember exactly where we rode,” Eames says. Now, Glenn Eames is busy showcasing one of the country’s foremost bike collections – his own.Īt 67, Glenn Eames has ridden around the world, but he’s only ridden in one organized century ride. He’s ridden around the world and run Burlington’s most eclectic bike shop.
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