Quad bikes – is the very term erroneous?

[ohmyword]

Essentially the English language does not have an adequate term for these vehicles as a three wheeled cycle was called a tricycle and therefore a four wheeled cycle should be called either a Quadcycle or a Quadrocycle.

 

Unfortunately these terms could never trip off the tongue, due to the presence of the hard "D" sound in the middle and we are faced with the anomaly of a description of a two wheeled apparatus with four wheels.

 

Really good points here. I suppose by the time the men have got a decent name for them the quads will no longer even be a thing. Oh man. What’s gonna happen next? Quincycle sounds OK I suppose. Sexa-Machine for a 6 wheelers? It really does hurt my brains!

 

 

MOTORQUAKE ......definitely.

 

Dis is good man!

[barleycorn]

Essentially the English language does not have an adequate term for these vehicles as a three wheeled cycle was called a tricycle and therefore a four wheeled cycle should be called either a Quadcycle or a Quadrocycle.

 

Unfortunately these terms could never trip off the tongue, due to the presence of the hard "D" sound in the middle and we are faced with the anomaly of a description of a two wheeled apparatus with four wheels.

I thought before a consonant it should be quadri so that would make it quadricycle. Or we could just revert to the Greek and call them tetracycles. Personally I prefer **** mobiles.

[Jeffrey Shaw]

Essentially the English language does not have an adequate term for these vehicles as a three wheeled cycle was called a tricycle and therefore a four wheeled cycle should be called either a Quadcycle or a Quadrocycle.

Quatrocycle.

[Ghozer]

I have always called them simply "Quad" or "Quadcycle" - on rare occasions I have said (and heared) Quadricycle,

[muddycoffee]

Quatrocycle.

 

That sounds like events relating to Suzi Quatro!