{Frederick, Maryland}...Authorities say 54 year old Alison Torpey, a high-wheel bicyclist from Louisville, Kentucky is in serious but stable condition at a hospital after she was hurt in a race in Maryland Saturday. Torpey was injured when she hit her head just below her helmet in a fall from her 52-inch, 1887 Penny Farthing bicycle while participating in a race through the downtown historic district in Frederick, Maryland. Torpey is an experienced rider and state captain of the Kentucky Wheelmen Club.
