I looked closely. They are going the wrong way. Still the best one I've seen by a lot.

Probably some temporal aliasing on your device. The SVG elements are 100% rotating clockwise.

Still a flaw--the SVG should account for how different client devices will render it! Existential doom averted, for now.

Looks fine on safari iPadOS 26.6.1 wheels rotating forwards. I’m a skeptic but man, this actually has me revising my opinion a bit.