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This was the bizarre moment an elderly man on a penny-farthing casually cycled through a red light on a major London road.

The rider, with a “big smile on his face”, glides calmly along Battersea Bridge Road near Battersea Park in footage shot by a motorcyclist’s helmet-mounted camera.

Going no more than 10mph, he cycles straight across a pelican crossing when onlookers said he faced a red light.

Bobby Coello, who shot the video, claimed the cyclist “looked like he didn’t have a care in the world”.

The biker, who runs a YouTube account recording allegedly poor driving around London, added: “I take a dislike to people who flaunt bad driving and cyclists are no exception.

“Anyone who rides straight through a red is a danger to other road users, especially given the age of the brakes on that thing!”

My Coello said he spotted the incongruous sight around lunchtime on Wednesday, adding: “Chap was early 70s probably, [had a] big smile on his face.”