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Text: Amazon’s electric cargo bikes have arrived in DC.

Image: A four-wheeled vehicle that appears to be a cross between a bicycle, a go-cart, and a mini-truck

Response text from high t alpha shemale @gluetaster: that’s not a cargo bike man that’s a loopholemobile


Edit: I found a slightly higher-quality version of the image:

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
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    14 days ago

    Trikes and quads might share characteristics with bicycles, but they’re not bicycles because they don’t have two wheels.

    “a vehicle with two wheels tandem”

    “a two-wheeled vehicle that you sit on”

    “a vehicle with two wheels in tandem”

    “Bicycle is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by the rider”

    “bicycle, two-wheeled steerable machine that is pedaled by the rider’s feet”

    “a bicycle, a bike: a two-wheeled vehicle moved by pressing down on pedals with your feet”

    Sometimes you could argue that there’s a grey area between a moped and a bicycle, or an e-bike and a bicycle. But, the two wheels is a key part of the definition. As soon as it’s more (or less) than two permanently attached wheels, it’s no longer a bicycle. That’s why we have words like unicycle, tricycle, etc.