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Article: Modern daredevils have perfected the balancing act of riding high.(The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.))
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- June 26, 2004
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Byline: Mariella Savidge
ALLENTOWN, Pa. _ Done right, you're 8 feet up and breezin' along.
But one false move and ... you're a soprano. Or worse.
Riding a Victorian highwheel bicycle is a blast from the past, a healthy workout and a logistical puzzle. It's a fad that had a very popular, very short, window of fame during the Gilded Age, between the mid-1870s and 1890s.
Within the past year, modern daredevils Donnie Serfass of Tamaqua, Pa., and Dennis Schafer of Jim Thorpe, Pa., have taken up the sport. They began shaking off their winter lethargy right after the snow melted, to stay balanced and in shape for the festivals in which they ...
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