WorldTour team Education First have revealed the next direction their 'alternative calendar' will take, with Lachlan Morton spotted training on a penny-farthing. The team had already stated their aim of racing outside of the constraints of the road calendar, but until now only gravel events and Gran Fondos were expected to feature on the schedule.

Racing outside of the conventional road calendar of Classics, stage races and Grand Tours was a push that came about thanks in part to the team's new partnership with British cycle clothing brand Rapha.

'It’s not about race victories and points, it’s all about number of fans and fan engagement. That’s what it is about for me,' Rapha boss Simon Mottram told Cyclist a couple of months back. Now the full extent of that move has been revealed.

However, it's not just Rapha's input that has moved the team in this radical new direction. With a squad that is known for being laid-back and that takes an approach of enjoyment over obsessive number crunching, the EF riders look to have jumped at the chance of shaking things up a bit.

'It's about taking it back to the old school, finding what is was like for early pioneers of our sport and racing the way they raced,' says Taylor Phinney, who refereshingly sounds more like a Californian surfer than a robotic media trained WorldTour rider.

Details of when we might see the riders take to a track or road to compete on the penny-farthings have yet to be confirmed, but Morton's presence on an outdoor velodrome could hint at a tilt at the Hour Record, as attempted by Mark Beaumont last summer.