You need better reading comprehension Cam.
I never equated AXS to making something a motorcycle, you asked a silly question, and I informed you that wireless networking is a thing on performance motorcycles. Never equated wireless devices with making something a motorcycle.
But as SteveR said, where does this end? You act like my logic isn't, yet argue yourself that these are not motorcycles. Hey, drop the lawyer speak definitions, these are motorcycles, not the bicycles most of us ride. That's clear from the plain usage of these words.
Calling these motorcycles does add to the conversation, because they are not the same as someone pedaling themselves (all by themselves) to the top of the hill to then ride down again. I don't say anything insane like these are equal to motocross bikes, but motorized they are.
And your Harley rider point is ridiculous. Look at the history of the motorcycle, it looks shockingly like ebike development. Like very similar progression. Consider that the end point wasn't bicycles, that was the starting point, and ended up at Harley Davidson, MotoGP bikes and the like.
The world did this program of motorizing bicycles, and that ended up with a completely different user group and ethos than the bicyclist crowd.
May 10, 2023, 5:19 a.m. - BarryW
You need better reading comprehension Cam. I never equated AXS to making something a motorcycle, you asked a silly question, and I informed you that wireless networking is a thing on performance motorcycles. Never equated wireless devices with making something a motorcycle. But as SteveR said, where does this end? You act like my logic isn't, yet argue yourself that these are not motorcycles. Hey, drop the lawyer speak definitions, these are motorcycles, not the bicycles most of us ride. That's clear from the plain usage of these words. Calling these motorcycles does add to the conversation, because they are not the same as someone pedaling themselves (all by themselves) to the top of the hill to then ride down again. I don't say anything insane like these are equal to motocross bikes, but motorized they are. And your Harley rider point is ridiculous. Look at the history of the motorcycle, it looks shockingly like ebike development. Like very similar progression. Consider that the end point wasn't bicycles, that was the starting point, and ended up at Harley Davidson, MotoGP bikes and the like. The world did this program of motorizing bicycles, and that ended up with a completely different user group and ethos than the bicyclist crowd.