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What's the least awful way to refer to a mountain bike while making clear you're not referring to an e-bike?
Complete the sentence: I don't ride e-bikes, I ride a [. . .] bike.
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jayjay1989
(Dec 8, 2023 at 13:09)
Bike. Just bike. It's dead simple.
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I love how the mountain bike community always has to rename things to make themselves feel more included and hard core. The naming convention was determined decades ago: pedal bikes with a motor are called "mopeds". A traditional human pedal powered two wheeled vehicle has always and will always be called a "bicycle" or "bike" for short. I love to ride my mountain bike and my mountain moped, both are great. There is no logical reason that an eBike should be called a bike in any fashion. It is a moped, even if that makes you feel excluded or not a hard core as you wish.
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If I have to differentiate, I say "non-motorized"
- Shouldn't say "analog" as e-bikes are not digital, they are (mostly or entirely) analog also
- Shouldn't say Acoustic as it has nothing to do with sound.
Might as well focus on the difference and emphasize that e-bikes motorized, as that is what they want, right - the motor?
- Shouldn't say "analog" as e-bikes are not digital, they are (mostly or entirely) analog also
- Shouldn't say Acoustic as it has nothing to do with sound.
Might as well focus on the difference and emphasize that e-bikes motorized, as that is what they want, right - the motor?
