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Re:Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier by bscphil on Monday September 02, 2019 @06:09AM (#20858020)
I assume you're talking about electric bikes or motorcycles? This confused me a lot for a while because I don't usually see those referred to as "bikes".

> This means there are quite a few that will do sub 3 seconds to 60, and sub 5 seconds is practically the norm.

This was the give-away - pretty sure very few humans can do 60 mph on a bicycle, unless they're drafting.

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Re:Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier by blocked_again on Monday September 02, 2019 @06:35AM (#20858130)
Motorcycles are referred as bikes in many countries. And bikes are called as cycles.
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Re:Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier by dksbzmx on Monday September 02, 2019 @09:07AM (#20858876)
It’s actually pretty common in general. I refer to my motorcycle as a bike in the US.

Frankly my favorite is the European “moto”

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Re:Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier by chrisseaton on Monday September 02, 2019 @10:22AM (#20859254)
> I don't usually see those referred to as "bikes".

‘Bike’ is short for bicycle. Motorcycles are also bicycles so they’re also bikes.

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