Rosa May Billinghurst, sufragette, in her tricycle wheelchair, sometime around ~1910? (media.kbin.social)

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[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 10 points 4 months ago

I don't see what's so tri about that cycle tbh

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 2 points 4 months ago

Third wheel is in the back.

[-] CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

Aren't we always

[-] FoxyGrandpa@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

And two little ones in the front, pentacycle

[-] drzoidberg@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

A tricycle only has 3 wheels. I'm seeing 2 in front, 2 in rear, and if there's a wheel in back, that makes 5. Your math ain't mathing.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 3 points 4 months ago

Every source I've seen refers to it as a tricycle. I don't know what the additional two wheels are for, but they aren't touching the ground in the pic, so I'm inclined to keep the original description.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

So if it leans forward... Does it become a quadcycle?

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Its for when she's in a hurry, she leans forward and really gets some elbow grease in there

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago

You can see the third wheel here

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(Disclaimer: This may literally be the same pic, it does not load for me)

[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah. The Third. And the Fourth. And the Fifth.

[-] OBXDadLife@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I saw the Broadway show called stuffs about a month ago. Supposedly, "suffragette" was a term used by the media to downplay the plight of women voters. The proper term is suffragist. #themoreyouknow