53 bicycles: A lateral thinking puzzle

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2161

No to all.

2162

Is the cross post at the top of the vertical posts?

Is the ground on which the posts are set level?

2163

Embedded.

2164
  1. Is the word ‘field’ used here to refer to an area of land?
  2. Did the man set up a conducting pole near some overhead power transmission lines in order to generate (steal) electricity from the magnetic field?
2165

Were any other materials used besides the posts and pole? (aside from nails, glue, binding elements)

Is the size of the structure important?

Is the angle of the pole important?

Is the direction the structure facing important?

Is this structure supposed to measure something?

2166

  1. Yes.

  2. No.

Embedded.

2167

Would it help to know more about the man’s:

Occupation?
Age?
Religion?
Family situation?
Health?
Hobbies?

Does it matter where the field is?

Is the time period when this creation occurred relevant?

2168

Is this the guy lifting Stonehenge-size rocks in his yard as a hobby?

2169

Would this e expected to have occurred in the 20th or 21st century?

2170

No, but that’s neat.

No. It was 19th century, I think.

2171

Does something move across the horizontal pole?

Is the horizontal pole roughly the same diameter as there vertical ones?

Is this in a town?

2172

  1. This can mean a lot of things, but I’ll just say “Yes.”

  2. Yes, I think so.

  3. No.

2173

Is the man a hunter?

A trapper?

A farmer?

2174

Embedded.

2175

Does the mechanism stay in one place?

Are the posts made of wood?

Is the mechanism used to transport something?

2176

  1. Yes

  2. Yes, I think so.

  3. No.

2177

Does the function of the mechanism make use of the slope of the horizontal post?

2178

Yes.

2179

To summarize:
In the 1800s, a farmer built a contraption out of three wooden poles out in a field. The purpose of this contraption involved the slope of the horizontal pole across the top but the angle of the slope is not important.
The object was not used to transport, measure, communicate, or worship, or as a weapon or game.

Is the contraption over eight feet tall?

Does use of the object require additional parts, such as a rope or sieve?

Is the object used for planting?

2180

Your summary is correct, I think.

  1. No

  2. No

  3. No