• @[email protected]
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    Bicycles are called bikes in the US and some other countries.

    I assume you come from one of the countries where motorcycles are called bikes?

    • @[email protected]
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      3 months ago

      Bike is short for bicycle. Motorcycles aren’t bikes. Obviously the short form of motorcycle is mike.

      • gid
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        203 months ago

        Bike is short for Bichael

    • TheFlopster
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      53 months ago

      While everything you said is correct, it still has no pedals. I thought we (USA) called these scooters.

      • @candybrie
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        193 months ago

        It’s a balance bike. I think of scooters as not having a seat.

        • @bran_buckler
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          33 months ago

          I completely agree. Unless of course you’re talking about a Vespa… 🫠

      • @Nyxon
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        33 months ago

        Like the other reply said, it is called a Balance Bike.

        To add some more context, it is not a scooter because you aren’t supposed to stand up on them but sit like a real bike but you move by pushing with your feet. They are training bikes for toddlers before they have the hand-eye coordination for peddling and you can either graduate to a kids bicycle with training wheels or some kids just go straight to the bicycle without the training wheels.