'Non-electric human-powered two-wheeled off-road vehicle' doesn't exactly roll of the tongue...
  • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    11 months ago

    Pushbike.

    It’s not a new word. Motorised bikes have been a thing for a century and the language is already settled.

    • rustyriffs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      But, pushbike is specific to kids (toddlers) bikes now though isn’t it?

      Edit: I was wrong, thanks for the corrections. Balance bike is the correct term.

      • Panq@lemmy.nzEnglish
        5·
        11 months ago

        The kind without pedals? “Balance bike” for the modern version kids use, or “Hobby horse” (I think) for the historical version that pre-dates pedal bikes.

      • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        You’re thinking of balance bikes. “Pushbike” has had a dictionary definition well before then. It’s probably a century old at this point.

        I’m now starting to think it’s one of those words that never got adoption outside the commonwealth.

        Maybe it’s just Australia where we wrote songs about pushbikes 50 years ago.