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[–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

Any one messes with that bike should lose a finger. That is a treasure that builds urban community.

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago

I've known a few small business owners who have done stuff like this after adults complained there was nowhere to lock up their adult bike because a kid bike was occupying the space. Basically the small business owners' responses were "you're in shape. There's a large rack around the corner. Your bike is important to you, but that kids bike is their entire world right now. You can shut the hell up and walk"

And then put up signs like this or that just say "kid bike lock up only."

[–] Michal@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yo, someone stole your pedals

[–] Peter1986C@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago

Kids of that age would more-or-less walk while sitting on these. The pedaling comes after balance training (unlike how my generation used tricycles at the same age).

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] odium@programming.dev 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

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?

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] mbgid@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Bike is short for Bichael

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think they're referring to the lack of pedals.

A push bike is a type of bicycle. https://www.giant-bicycles.com/us/bikes/kids-bikes/push-bikes

[–] odium@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just realized there aren't pedals.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you grew grew a bush into a push bike and cut off all the flowers, it would be a bike with no pedals and no petals.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

and if it won a race it would be a bike with no pedals and no petals but with a metal medal

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Are you telling me the flintstones had a bike

[–] TheFlopster@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] bran_buckler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Nyxon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year 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.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I thought bikes have pedals, we would call that a scooter

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not a bike, that's a spoon.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Alright, alright, you win.

Heh, I see you've played bikey spoony before!

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

indeed.

The dandy horse, an English nickname for what was first called a Laufmaschine ("running machine" in German), then a vélocipède or draisienne (in French and then English), and then a pedestrian curricle or hobby-horse, or swiftwalker, is a human-powered vehicle that, being the first means of transport to make use of the two-wheeler principle, is regarded as the forerunner of the bicycle.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Freiherr Carl von Swag

MFW dandy horse

[–] Michal@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

It's not a motorbike, not a bicycle, but it can be a bike. It has 2 wheels.