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Winding up through the trees, we passed a tricyclist pushing his machine before him, who informed us that we were on the way to Gan.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

A mischievous boy threw a stick between the spokes of one of the back wheels, and the machine overturned, bringing our brother tricyclist heavily to the ground. 

From Diary of a Nobody by Grossmith, George

The bicyclist can scorch in triumph along the tiniest footpath, while the tricyclist trudges on foot, pushing her three wheels through the mud or sand.

From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Greville, Beatrice Violet Graham

The bicyclist is more likely to suffer from striking a stone than his friend on three wheels, but then he should not strike one where the tricyclist would strike a dozen.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various

At Beeston, near Nottingham, I got talking to a tricyclist; a visit to a caravan followed, and then an introduction to a wealthy lace merchant.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon