Laurence Outim wins Lanterne Rouge in Penny Farthing Nationals road race in Tasmania

Outim - Bathurst's sole representative at the event - won the Lanterne Rouge in the 32 kilometre road race event, as the last person to finish under the two hour cut off time.

It was the longest distance Outim has completed in one sitting on his penny farthing, built by Bathurst's John Kitchen.

The competition featured a range of events not only designed to test speed but also handling.

These included the slow race, slalom, two lap novice race, the biathlon (run two laps and ride two laps), an obstacle race (run, carry bike, wheel bike, ride) over four 100m legs and many more.

It was tough racing against many experienced riders and while Outim didn't place on Saturday he enjoyed the event.

"It's the 38^th year that they've run this event. I've been somewhere where they've had 50 penny farthing events in the one spot," he said.

"There's a lot of fun novelty events like the slalom or the slow race, where the slowest person wins.

"It was an awesome event. It's a wonderful little town full of historic buildings and the course was 400 metres around the main section of town with lots of spectators and stalls."

Outim was first introduced to the sport of penny farthing racing through Kitchen at the Bathurst's 2015 bicentenary celebrations and has been hooked ever since.