I think it is called a Bicycle. This is because bi means two!
A Bicycle
Two wheels is bicycle
One wheel is unicycle
Three wheels is tricycle
A Unicycle
3 wheeled motorcycle.
A bicycle is a two wheeled cycle.A tricycle is a three wheeled cycle, and a unicycle is a single wheeled cycle. Therefore, the prefix means the number of wheels attached to a cycle.
bike is short for bicycle - a cycle with 2(bi) wheels. an single wheeled cycle is a unicycle and a threee wheeled cycle is a tricycle etc
Another word for a two wheeled carriage is a "SURREY"
A two wheeled cart was a chariot or a "currus" in Latin.
motorcycle
motorcycle
A hansom.
buggy
ripsticks
Good question. No. "Bike" is short for bicycle. "Bi" = 2 Bicycle = 2 wheeled cycle Motorbike = motorised 2 wheeled cycle Quad = 4 "Quadricycle" = 4 wheeled cycle Motorquad = motorised 4 wheeled cycle So really in your context, "quad" is a motorquadricycle