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“You rarely break a spoke on the rim side. I carried ten of them and on my last trip around the world I only used eight.” Despite the impressive looks of his fully-loaded penny-farthing with its four-foot-diameter wheel and shoulder-height handlebars, the whole thing only weighs about 90 pounds. This includes all of Summerfield’s belongings, a small laptop computer, solar pan- els, and a hub dynamo with a USB port. (The latter charges an ultra- violet water purification wand, now a staple piece of gear.) “I have to stretch for the han- dlebars from the back and take a step to reach the pedals. Bigger bags would make it impossible to mount the bike,” he said. But besides only bringing what he really needs, Joff carries with him a small rock from the Lon- don grave of Thomas Stevens, the first per- son to complete a trip around the globe on a penny-farthing in 1886. He plans to return the rock when he gets back to London in the fall of 2015. Until then he will follow his own advice: “Carry a smile, it weighs nothing.” On a worldwide ride Minnesota Trails Summer 2015 13 1505Summer.indd 13 5/5/15 1:26 PM