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[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 40 points 10 months ago
[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago

This is what I always say, it has the perfect level of dad joke energy IMO.

[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

I'm a musician for a living so it feels appropriate for me.

[-] daveywaveyboy@feddit.ch 7 points 10 months ago

Haha this I like. Unplugged

[-] daveywaveyboy@feddit.ch 16 points 10 months ago

I want to say ‚bike‘?

[-] Beelzebob@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Whatever happened to just "bicycle"?

[-] YMS@kbin.social -2 points 10 months ago

Well, e-bikes are bicycles, too.

[-] Beelzebob@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Right, but e-bikes are most often referred to as just that, e-bikes.

[-] YMS@kbin.social 0 points 10 months ago

If you're talking about specific models, sure. But if you ask a group of people "Who's here by bicycle today?" the ones that came with an e-bike would raise their hands, too.

[-] loputozirak@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

sure because bicycle is the generic for e-bikes too but this is not the discussion

the discussion is about changing the name for the bikes that doesn't have a motor just because now the e-bikes are popular in some countries despite the fact that bicycles historically don't have a motor and the number of bikes without motor is largely superior than the ones with

even the term e-bikes is incorrect! an e-bike should be a bicycle with a dynamo that produces electricity again a bicycle with a dynamo was invented earlier and I suppose there are more bikes with a dynamo than bikes with motor

[-] loputozirak@lemmy.ml -2 points 10 months ago
[-] YMS@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Bicycle means two wheels, so a motorbike technically is a bicycle, too.
But e-bikes are closer to non-e-bikes than to motorcycles in terms of components, looks and propulsion.

[-] loputozirak@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago

as you said: a motor bike is technically a bicycle. ok. then the feature that makes a different name is the motor, isn't it? then a bicycle with a motor is a motorbike.

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 9 points 10 months ago
[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

"crankyboi"

[-] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Pinkbike is getting so pathetic. Instead of trying to farm outrage for clicks, maybe do something to actually promote something. Cheap bitches didn't even have an advent giveaway this year. Fuck outside, and fuck Pinkbike for selling out.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

You know of any better sites? It seems like it's pretty hard to find genuinely good articles most of the time and something is better than nothing.

[-] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Not many alternatives. Some of my go-tos are NSMB and VitalMTB. Loam Ranger for Vlogs I guess too.

[-] fireflash38@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago
[-] AchtungDrempels@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I believe italians call it a 'muscle bike', which i found kinda funny and cool.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

My wife calls reel lawn mowers "man powered lawnmower," which very clearly communicates how it works. Muscle bike does that as well, with the funny allusion to muscle cars.

I like it, I'm going to use it. Let's make it a thing.

[-] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 10 months ago
[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Pedal Bike. That's what my Gramps called it

[-] niucllos@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

Analogue bike

[-] Bahalex@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago
[-] LostWon@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

*Velocipede. (I was going to say it, darnit.)

[-] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Mechanical bike

I believe the federal rules on wilderness areas put it under "mechanized transportation" or something like that.

Maybe not as cool as acoustic bike but it's the most accurate in contrast to "motorized bike"

[-] Jojowski@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago
[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago
[-] Jojowski@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

That's quite clever actually :D

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I usually just say "regular bike"

[-] PeachMan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago
[-] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

A b-bike, standing in your b-bike stance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd3AV4Cexf0

[-] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Mechanical bike

I believe the federal rules on wilderness areas put it under "mechanized transportation" or something like that.

this post was submitted on 10 Dec 2023
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