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minus-square@pHr34kYlinkEnglish10•edit-210 months agoPushbike. It’s not a new word. Motorised bikes have been a thing for a century and the language is already settled.
minus-square@rustyriffslinkEnglish2•edit-210 months agoBut, 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.
minus-squarePanqlinkfedilinkEnglish5•10 months agoThe 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.
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_OPMlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoAren’t pushbikes specifically bikes with no drive train at all and you just kinda walk it along the ground?
minus-square@pHr34kYlinkEnglish3•edit-210 months agoYou’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.
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_OPMlinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoAh, ok, yeah it might be a regional thing. I don’t think I’ve heard that term in the US.
minus-square@pHr34kYlinkEnglish3•10 months agoWell, you guys can save yourselves the hassle of inventing a word. We’ve got ya covered ;)
Pushbike.
It’s not a new word. Motorised bikes have been a thing for a century and the language is already settled.
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.
Pushbikes have pedals. It’s in the dictionary.
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.
Aren’t pushbikes specifically bikes with no drive train at all and you just kinda walk it along the ground?
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.
Ah, ok, yeah it might be a regional thing. I don’t think I’ve heard that term in the US.
Well, you guys can save yourselves the hassle of inventing a word. We’ve got ya covered ;)
Thanks!