What’s Wrong With This Picture
This is a picture of a Kim Jacob’s print from a jig saw puzzle. Do you notice something wrong with this picture? Or is there a bicycle built like this that I am not aware of?
Update and answer: The chainring and drive train are on the left side of the bike. I have never seen that on a bike before. Has it ever been done this way?
December 29th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
i have that bike.
December 29th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
http://www.pashley.co.uk/products/princess-sovereign.html
December 29th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Okay, I’ll bite, what is wrong with this bicycle?
December 29th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
mfranti: Thanks for the link. As can be seen from the link you sent there is a major difference between your bike and the bike in the picture.
December 29th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Inger-Lis: This is not a trick question. Did you put this puzzle together many years ago? I had never noticed what’s strange on the bicycle until just yesterday.
December 29th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
am i missing something?
December 29th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I did put that puzzle together years ago. But I am still not getting it. I have always thought the cat looked somewhat awkwardly placed, and the lean of the bike was a little off, but nothing else.
December 30th, 2008 at 4:09 am
Oh, darn! I was hoping you were giving out a prize or something because I guessed right! (proud beaming smile)
December 30th, 2008 at 10:36 am
what is it?
January 6th, 2009 at 3:43 am
I am aware of one bike (actually a trike) which did have the chain on the left.
The early versions of Mike Burrow’s “Speedy” (which became the windcheetah) have the chain on the left. It was done to make it easier to mount the rear wheel from one side only, with the gears and wheel on the same side of the main frame tube. Later versions have the gears on the right of the frame tube and the wheel on the left.
It caused a few small problems. Because a normal chainset was used, the pedal thread was the wrong way around and pedals would tend to unscrew. This was solved using loctite on the threads.
I’ve ridden an early speedy like this, and much fun it was too.
January 6th, 2009 at 7:04 am
David: Thanks for the info. I have never tried a recumbent or trike. I know people who ride recumbents really like them.
January 6th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I’ve had a few recumbents. First a trike, and then three different bikes. Great fun to ride. They were a bit unusual in the UK, but there are lots of recumbents here in the Netherlands, and a local group who go out on recreational rides on Sundays like this and this.