can anyone tell me what bike this is?

>not sure if trollthread
It's a penny-farthing, popular from the early 1870s through the early 1890s. They were invented before the roller chain (~1880), so the large driving wheel was necessary to achieve higher speeds.

don't listen to the above faggot it's a 2017 trek madone

I wonder it the penny-farthing can be improved upon at all without completely destroying the design?

>>1018604
You could put an anime disc cover in the front wheel

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>>1018594

>>1018635
I need this in my life right now. It must be hell on sidewinds but it'd totally be work it.

>>1018668
Someone shop animu into that wheel.

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>>1018576
Mesicek in the Czech Republic makes fine new ones.

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>>1018705
over 9000 hours in ms paint

I'm afraid even we at schwalbe don't offer tires in this size

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>>1018604
Like an internal gear hub?

Pic not quite related. It's a THM-Carbones / BASF carbon composite bike, with an electrical motor in the rear wheel.

I also vaguely recall seeing a fat bike penny farthing.

>>1018713
Combine it with an anime skinsuit, and a matching TT helmet, and it's absolutely perfect for screwing with the local tweed ride.

>>1018740
The thing is the ONLY reason for the huge wheel is the lack of gears. If you stick an internally-geared hub or an electric motor on one, the defining feature goes from one of necessity to simply hilariously impractical and dangerous.