Possible Clues:

• Early type of bicycle
• Victorian bicycle
• A cheap old form of transport?
• That made Penelope so distant, and cheap, to get along with
• Cheap transport
• The bicycle provided for coppers at one time
• Cheap old transport for the girl that could be a star
• That must have been the cheapest form of transport
• Ordinary - early bicycle
• Transport used to be so cheap to get the girl to a distant object