For P K Kumar, a resident of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, holding a world record is not a big feat as he has also earned a mention in the Incredible Book of Records for riding a backward brain bicycle.
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A penny-farthing cycle, also known as a high-wheeler, was the first machine to be called a bicycle and became popular across the world between the 1870s and 1880s. But this bicycle is unlike others, in that it has one large wheel in the front, a smaller one at the back, and has no chain connecting the two.
The experience of riding it is understandably very different, and sometimes even dangerous, as compared to riding a modern bicycle. With the pedals placed over the front, going at high speeds could make it hard to manoeuvre this cycle.
But, PK Kumar, a resident of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, learned how to ride this bike in just a few weeks. Not only did he manage to ride it downhill, through uneven roads in the Ponmudi range but also…