A person has issued a determined attraction for his beloved penny farthing after it was stolen from exterior a hair salon in London.
Robert Torto, 44, was getting his hair lower when his Trotts and Son’s penny farthing was stolen from a motorbike rack in Streatham Hill at round 1pm on June 3.
CCTV footage from a close-by pharmacy captured the suspected thief wheeling the penny farthing away from the scene.
The eccentric mode of transport is 56 inches tall and has a particular purple rear tyre.
The heartbroken civil engineer informed London Information On-line: ‘I cycled all the way down to the identical hair salon I have been going to since 2007, however should have not fixed it securely sufficient on the bike rack.
CCTV footage from a close-by pharmacy captured the suspected thief wheeling the penny farthing away from the scene
Robert Torto (pictured) was getting his hair lower when his Trotts and Son’s penny farthing was stolen from a motorbike rack in Streatham Hill
‘I had my eyes on it the entire time I used to be within the salon however received as much as wash my hair and the following second it was gone.’
Mr Torto added: ‘I reported it immediately to the police however I phoned final evening and so they hadn’t allotted an officer to the case but.
‘I’ve already spoken to so many individuals who noticed the person with my bike.
‘I received CCTV footage from a neighborhood pharmacy exhibiting the person strolling with it down the highway.
‘I do not need him to get in any hassle however I simply need my bike again.’
Fellow eager bicycle owner Jeremy Vine took to social media to boost consciousness concerning the lacking penny farthing.
In a put up on X, previously Twitter, the presenter mentioned: ‘Essential we get this again. Purple rear tyre will make it tough to fence.’
Mr Vine has beforehand fallen off his personal penny farthing, leaving him with a black eye.
He informed his TV present he had ‘been within the wars’ and that he did not keep in mind something between the second he fell and his arrival at Charing Cross hospital.
Mr Torto’s stolen penny farthing is 56 inches tall and has a particular purple rear tyre
Talking of the suspected thief, Mr Torto mentioned: ‘I do not need him to get in any hassle however I simply need my bike again’
Fellow eager bicycle owner Jeremy Vine took to social media to boost consciousness concerning the lacking penny farthing
Mr Torto specialises in sustainable journey and has designed a number of key cycle routes all through London.
His beloved penny farthing was solely bought final 12 months and the father-of-four hopes to search out it earlier than October so he can take part in a Guinness World File try for the biggest variety of penny farthing riders in a velodrome race.
As a part of the Penny Farthing Guinness World File Breaking Weekend Extravaganza, organised by the Penny Farthing Membership, individuals will even sit down for a Victorian feast the place everybody will probably be anticipated to put on high hats.
