Penny-farthing term and "hi-wheel" (and variants) are preferred by many modern enthusiasts. Following the popularity of the boneshaker, Eugène Meyer, a Frenchman, invented the high-wheeler bicycle design in 1869 and fashioned the wire-spoke tension wheel. Around 1870 English inventor James Starley, described as the father of the bicycle industry, and others, began producing bicycles based on the French boneshaker but with front wheels of increasing size, because larger front wheels, up to in diameter, enabled higher speeds on bicycles limited to direct drive. In 1878, Albert Pope began manufacturing the Columbia bicycle outside Boston, starting their two-decade heyday in America. Although
The Wheel of Time October 2018. Many fans of "The Wheel of Time" attend Dragon Con, which had an exclusive "Wheel of Time" content track from 2001 through 2012. "The Wheel of Time" now has its own annual convention, JordanCon, which has been held annually in Atlanta, Georgia, since 2009. The Wheel of Time The Wheel of Time is a series of high fantasy novels written by American author James Oliver Rigney Jr., under his pen name of Robert Jordan. Originally planned as a six-book series, "The Wheel of Time" spanned fourteen volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and two companion books. Jordan