It hit me as I was looking around here earlier today, where did the name BC WHEEL come from? 
Will someone please explain?
From the comic strip “BC.” I don’t have the strip to post, though I’m sure someone will post it, and then say how there have been 50 million threads on the subject in the last six months.
The name comes from the B.C. comic. In the comic the characters ride around on a wheel with pegs sticking out. Hence that type of wheel became known as a B.C. wheel.
It’s not a very good name because the B.C. comic isn’t as popular as it once was. And people outside of the US just have no clue because they don’t get the comic at all.
I have also heard the explanation that it stands for “Basic Coasting” wheel.
There’s a little background info about the B.C. comic and Johnny Hart in Wikipedia:
Johnny Hart
B.C. (comic)
And a link to the B.C. comic
Not much info about that wheel.
but it could be Before christ because the wheel was invented before christ, and its just a wheel.
Even if the name isnt multi cultural it still is better than calling it an impossible wheel.
I like the name as even if your not fimiliar with the comic, you can relate to how simple and primitive the wheel is and justify the name.
I don’t like the name impossible wheel either. Clearly it is not impossible to ride. I think the Jack Wiley books used the name impossible wheel and that could be where that name got more traction.
I like “coaster wheel” cause that pretty much describes it. Or “B.C. coaster wheel” for those who like to stick with the B.C. connection.
my neighbor calls it the “No Cycle”
R.I.P Johnny Hart = creator of the BC comics.
and i don’t care if this is old or what not. 
Hey, I live outside of the USA and I got three comic books from my dad, so yea, I know it. In your face john_childs 
No, you can take it out of John’s face now. No need for that.
Growing up in South Africa I also saw that strip as well as The Wizard of Id published in a variety of publications.
Yeah, we get it in Great Britainland too.
Whenever I read the sunday papers’ comics, B.C. has always been one of those that I always make sure to read. I’ve suddenly, thanks to this thread, developed an interest in comics that people in other countries (i.e., not the USA) get that we don’t. I sometimes find British television comedies to be “dry”. Are the comics the same?
(no offense to anyone from a british-ruled country, of course)