Logistics of biking 9833 miles in 409 days

Re:Logistics of biking 9833 miles in 409 days by jamiek88 on Monday November 14, 2022 @07:40PM (#33603597)

I e never heard anyone use the phrase ‘drive a bike’ before, always ‘ride a bike’, you use drive several times - is this a regional thing I’ve not come across before?

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Re:Logistics of biking 9833 miles in 409 days by whatofolloww on Monday November 14, 2022 @07:50PM (#33603681)

It may sound odd because "biker" colloquially refers to a motorcyclist, but not many people would call a motorcycle a "bike" in day-to-day conversation.

Maybe "driving a bike" will get more popular as electric velocipedes continue to blur those lines.

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Re:Logistics of biking 9833 miles in 409 days by ilyt on Monday November 14, 2022 @07:57PM (#33603761)

Nope, I hust don't talk about bicycles in english all that often (well, basically never).

I also find the word "bike" annoying, as it seems to mean both bicycle and motorbike, while in my native language there are entirely separate words with no common root (but funnily enough colloquial term for motorbike is same as "engine")

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Re:Logistics of biking 9833 miles in 409 days by skhr0680 on Monday November 14, 2022 @08:33PM (#33604123)

What language is that? In Japanese "bike" specifically refers to motorcycles, and 50cc scooters are called "engines" :-)

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Re:Logistics of biking 9833 miles in 409 days by ilyt on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @03:14AM (#33606612)

Polish. Bike is "Motor" (engine) or "motocykl", bicycle is "rower", scooter is also basically "skuter" but it is just about the form factor, not the engine

Also 50cc ones are called "engine bicycles" although that name isn't really used that often.

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