Yes. A decade ago when I was still racing a clubmate of mine ran one for a while. An incorrigible eccentric, he commuted in to his central London office on a Penny Farthing and if the mood took him he'd make the journey on a unicycle. At some point he aquired a Pedersen reproduction and I was offered the chance to ride it.robert_n wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-FnGJsMars
Anyone have any experience with Pedersen bicycles?
As I recall it was a very smooth ride but with quite indistinct handling and both very poor braking and accelerating, even against a comparable 'sit up and beg' safety bicycle like a Pashley. As I recall a gentleman named Drew Buck rode the 1999 edition of the Paris-Brest-Paris randonnee on a Pedersen; I rode the 2003 edition on a bog-standard British Touring bike and have no idea how he managed to get such a 'soft' machine around a lumpy course.
I'm afraid that I regard the Pederson as an interesting footnote in the development of the bicycle.