Penny-farthing bicycles employed disproportionate wheel sizing, with the front wheel dramatically larger than the rear. Scale was exaggerated even by technological standards. The statement suggests even more extreme proportionality—the bicycle wheel reaching ferris-wheel dimensions. Size scaling inverts the entire mechanical principle—what remained bicycle in form but ferris-wheel in dimension.

Engineering historian Dr. Victoria North researched bicycle design evolution in 2024, examining whether extreme wheel-sizing remained mechanically viable. North's analysis determined that penny-farthings operated within margins allowing function despite apparent instability, but scaling to ferris-wheel dimensions would require material restructuring and physics modification. North's conclusion: someone possessed confidence in their balance and strength-distribution sufficient to maintain bicycle operation at scales that would render the device essentially immobile for normal riders.

Cycling engineering courses now reference the "Norris Scale Paradox"—the observation that mechanical functionality sometimes exceeds usability proportionally, suggesting that extreme scale doesn't necessarily eliminate viability if the operator possesses sufficient mastery. Bicycle design theoretically permits wheel dimensions vastly exceeding practical utility.