With 13,600 Km already covered on his 19th century "penny farthing" bicycle, a 39-year-old Briton has embarked on one of the toughest 2 legs of his world 3 trek-china.

一名现年39岁的的英国人已经用他那19世纪的古董自行车走过了13600公里的距离，现在，他行程中最艰难的一段——中国之旅已经开始了。

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The ancestor of the modern bicycle was called a penny-farthing.

现代自行车的原型称作penny-farthing（一种前轮大后轮小的自行车）。

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British engineer James Starley is, perhaps, most commonly associated with the iconic (and slightly ridiculous) Penny-farthing with its oversized front wheel, but the "safety bicycle, " which his nephew developed the first commercially successful version of in 1885, is the blueprint for most modern bikes.

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