My username is my first cycle messenger callsign given to me at a firm where P was for pushbike then a number whereas motorcycles were m then a number. Simpler times.
I don’t see why we need to change the current nomenclature: pushbike or bicycle describes a human powered bike and can be any type of bike, mountain bike is a specific type of pushbike or bicycle, a motorcycle or motorbike is a motorised bike and an electric assisted bicycle is an e-bike for short. An example would be that we don’t call petrol cars fossil cars or dino juicers or whatever we just call them cars. Electric cars are just given an e before there name to differentiate them from their dino juice powered siblings.
I have no problem with e-bikes but I don’t see why we have to change the name of the incumbent to differentiate it from the newcomer. Anyway, I’m not even sure I’m the authority I think I am, I’m only just begrudgingly changing my 10 speed mountain push bicycle into a newfangled whizzy 11 speed
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m. - papa44
My username is my first cycle messenger callsign given to me at a firm where P was for pushbike then a number whereas motorcycles were m then a number. Simpler times. I don’t see why we need to change the current nomenclature: pushbike or bicycle describes a human powered bike and can be any type of bike, mountain bike is a specific type of pushbike or bicycle, a motorcycle or motorbike is a motorised bike and an electric assisted bicycle is an e-bike for short. An example would be that we don’t call petrol cars fossil cars or dino juicers or whatever we just call them cars. Electric cars are just given an e before there name to differentiate them from their dino juice powered siblings. I have no problem with e-bikes but I don’t see why we have to change the name of the incumbent to differentiate it from the newcomer. Anyway, I’m not even sure I’m the authority I think I am, I’m only just begrudgingly changing my 10 speed mountain push bicycle into a newfangled whizzy 11 speed