The bike at 200: World's craziest rides, then and now

A very strange tricycle

This bizarre contraption is the work of Charles Oldreive, who patented the design in 1881. The image, which dates to 1882, shows the three-wheeled tricycle with a passenger sitting inside. The unusual trike was also called "the New Iron Horse," though it failed to replace the steam locomotives that were the original iron horses.