Unicycle references to *cycles

Some unicyclists don’t like to write the term for our two wheeled counterparts.

What are some euphemistic names that refer to them in terms of a unicycle?

I sometimes call my *ike, my “diploid unicycle” (as opposed to the normal haploid models). I suppose a uni could also be a “haploid *ike”.

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They can also stop being silly and just call them bikes. Don’t unicycles also use bike parts, like the pedals?
And if you can say uni-cycle, you can say bi-cycle, tri-cycle, quadri-cycle, for those that can count anyways.

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In the French unicycliing community bicycles are sometimes called “bivalve”.
I guess you get why.

Bivalves are molluscs, and “mollusque” in French is also a somewhat rude/funny term to call someone lazy, spineless.

I don’t think “mollusc” is used like this way in English.

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In NL we certainly don’t call lazy peeps “Schelpen” mollusque. It would just be luiaard, same as in Danish dovendyr (sloth in English). My kids are good examples of mollusques. My daughter gave the 16" uni just one try and already decided it was not for her, because she couldn’t learn it right away within 15 minutes. Not that she likes bikes though. She only likes sitting still on the sofa.

I like “Siamese (twin) uni” :rofl::rofl:

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Sometimes us german unicyclists call bicyclists “Stützradfahrer” (training wheel riders). Similar to the “did you lose a wheel?” - “no, I got rid of the training wheel” comeback.

(Generally agree with @Setonix though, no need to pretend that bicycles are suddenly bad just because we like unicycles).

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That wouldn’t work in French, because training wheels are called “petites roues” (small wheels). And regular bikes don’t have particularly small wheels :smile:

yeah in Dutch we would call those “zij-wieltjes” (side-wheels), because kids bikes have them on the side. A unicycle with a side wheel would look very silly and doesn’t represent a bike. It is like some of those EUC’s that consist of 2 wheels side by side instead of just one wheel. The other day I saw someone in town with such an EUC. It shouldn’t be called an EUC for that matter.

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I would say more called monocycle.
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Am I understanding that you think an E uni with two wheels is not a unicycle?
I agree 2 is not 1!
uk

yeah so an EBC

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(possibly built by Tom Miller)

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talking about Q-factor. That first one is great for a stability test. The second is like super confusing.

so Multicycles. A Bike is also a multiwheeled unicycle then, just less of a challenge.

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I want that second one. I would be riding sideways! Looks so fun. :grin:

Ouf! :exploding_head:

In Norway ppl usually call it sykkel and enhjulssykkel. So I therefore always specify tohjulssykkel when not calling it support wheel. I often simply call my uni sykkel as well, occasionally causing some minor confusion.

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