Comment on E-bikes are just bicycles with a motor. Therefore, e-bikes are motorcycles.

friend_of_satan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No. Because you have to pedal.

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  • Iconoclast@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mopeds used to have pedals as well. The term comes from Swedish words motor and pedaler

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    • Professorozone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Cool. TIL.

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    • bstix@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      History is a circle.

      First we had bicycles. These then got helper motors. Then we got motorcycles and the two stroke engines had helper pedals to start. Then the pedals were removed.

      Now we still have bicycles. These then got electric helper motors. Then we got electric bikes, that still have pedals, but people hack them to run entirely on the motor.

      Make up your minds already. Everyone of these changes upsets the elderly.

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  • friend_of_satan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You don’t on class 3.

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• NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’re right but the word “moped” has lost meaning in most countries.

  Here in the UK I suspect the majority of people asked wouldn’t appreciate it originally had pedals and would point to a vespa image if asked.

  I have an electric vespa-shaped vehicle (goes about 80kmh) that as you can see i really struggle to name as “electric scooter” most people think of one of those stand on things so I’ve landed on calling it an “electric moped”. It works as equally in no way can someone accuse me of trying to make it sound cool :)

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