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
The Machine: Bride of Pin-Bot Wheel, which awards larger random prizes including lighting the center ramp (called the "Heartbeat Ramp") on a timed interval for a shot worth one billion points. (Scoring this shot at least once causes the player's score to be recorded in a special "Billionaire Club" high score list, separate from the main high score table.) Once her voice circuits are activated, The Machine provides spoken feedback to the player on his or her shots. The Machine's voice is provided by Chicago-based singer Stephanie Rogers. Due to the sexual overtones in some of her speech, the game includes a "modesty" setting that