Acoustic vs Electric bikes.

[C R]

I saw this article in road.cc where they refer to normal bikes as acoustic, as opposed to electric bikes. I had never heard the term acoustic applied to a bike, and thought that I was marketing guff invented by Ribble, but it turns out that its been in use for some time, with this Reddit thread discussing it two years ago.

I find it silly to invent a new term for what has always been a bike, and everyone understands what it is. Is it just me?

 

[Baldy]

There's bikes and then there's mopeds, end off.

 

[kynikos]

lolly sticks poking into the spokes?

 

[Drago]

This "acoustic" or "analogue" bollards makes my skin crawl. They're bicycles.

 

[Webbo2]

Can you have an acoustic bike with electric gears🤷🏼‍♂️

 

[steveindenmark]

Mine go DF bikes, ebike and then there is electric motorbikes

 

[Mike Ayling]

I saw this article in road.cc where they refer to normal bikes as acoustic, as opposed to electric bikes. I had never heard the term acoustic applied to a bike, and thought that I was marketing guff invented by Ribble, but it turns out that its been in use for some time, with this Reddit thread discussing it two years ago.

I find it silly to invent a new term for what has always been a bike, and everyone understands what it is. Is it just me?

No, pisses me off too!

 

[Jenkins]

I thought the term was analogue not acoustic.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

My bike isn't merely acoustic, it's supersonic!

 

[C R]

I thought the term was analogue not acoustic.

Analogue is equally bad.

 

[craigwend]

What if it's a 'semi'? (Ooh, err, missus...)

 

[Mike Ayling]

Analogue is equally bad.

Agree again.

 

[biking_fox]

'Analogue' would be the friction gear levers where you could have any position. Digital bikes are indexed gears.

 

[rogerzilla]

I think it's quite a funny analogy. Strictly speaking, I reckon non-assisted derailleur bikes are acoustic but fixies are classical.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I think it's quite a funny analogy. Strictly speaking, I reckon non-assisted derailleur bikes are acoustic but fixies are classical.

Fixies are a cappella.