Penny-farthing the trend was short-lived, the penny-farthing became a symbol of the late Victorian era. Its popularity also coincided with the birth of cycling as a sport. Eugène Meyer of Paris, France is now regarded as the father of the high bicycle by the International Cycling History Conference in place of James Starley. Meyer patented a wire-spoke tension wheel with individually adjustable spokes in 1869. They were called "spider" wheels in Britain when introduced there. Meyer produced a classic high bicycle design during the 1880s. James Starley in Coventry added the tangent spokes and the mounting step to his famous bicycle
Father to a Sister of Thought of pedal steel guitar and mixolydian mode. For most of the song, the harmony is limited to four chords, but it ends with an unexpected blues-style riff. The music video for "Father to a Sister of Thought" features the band playing together in front of a western themed props painted by Steve Keene, which were also used by the band on tour during the period. Father to a Sister of Thought "Father to a Sister of Thought" is a song written by Stephen Malkmus of Pavement that appears on the band's third album, "Wowee Zowee" (1995). On June 20, 1995,