A 6-wheeled
bicycle.
(Not to be
confused with "hexacycle", which is a 6-wheeled dicycle, or "
sexcycle", which is not a vehicle).
A: Hold on, if the difference between a dicycle, which uses the greek prefix "di," and a bicycle, which uses the latin prefix "
bi," is that the two
wheels are parallel in a dicycle but are inline in a bicycle, then why aren't all three wheels inline in a tricycle? Is it a combination of a bicycle and dicycle but for three wheels?
B: The latin and greek numerical prefix for 3 happen to be the same, "tri." So
even though it is a weird
hybrid because there are an odd number of wheels, since the numerical prefixes are the same, it doesn't end up mattering. Penta vs
quin on the other hand...
A: Oh, so for a sextcycle, the
six wheels should be inline to then?
B: A sextcycle? Yes, but having
six wheels inline make the vehicle to be unreasonably long and difficult to turn and thus create a situation where an unjustifiable and substantial risk is present.