Acoustic vs Electric bikes.

[deptfordmarmoset]

The just ''bike versus ebike'' solution has a problem. Just about anything that rolls on 2 wheels is referred to as a bike. Motor bikers are also bikers, Ebikers are also bikers.

As to the ''acoustic'' or ''analogue'' attempt at differentiating, I don't think anyone ever used ''acoustic'' until they came along with electric guitars because the only guitars anybody has ever heard are acoustic, and nobody had ever called a clock ''analogue'' until the digital clock display came along because they were just clocks but they then needed a way of distinguishing.

I'm going for Sbike - simple bike. Not that anyone knows what the S stands for...

 

[freiston]

But it should.

Why?

 

[classic33]

The just ''bike versus ebike'' solution has a problem. Just about anything that rolls on 2 wheels is referred to as a bike. Motor bikers are also bikers, Ebikers are also bikers.

As to the ''acoustic'' or ''analogue'' attempt at differentiating, I don't think anyone ever used ''acoustic'' until they came along with electric guitars because the only guitars anybody has ever heard are acoustic, and nobody had ever called a clock ''analogue'' until the digital clock display came along because they were just clocks but they then needed a way of distinguishing.

I'm going for Sbike - simple bike. Not that anyone knows what the S stands for...

Smart Bike?

 

[Alex321]

But it should.

Why?

They aren't mopeds under any definition there has ever been in the UK.

Prior to 1977, mopeds DID have pedals, and you could, if you had to, propel them for a short distance using those pedals. But they were never something that was intended to be propelled mainly by the use of pedals, with motors only helping. The motor has always been the primary source of propulsion for a moped.

I do remember a time (must have been around 1969-70) when my parents had a moped, which had no starter, you had to bump start it by pedalling. But even with that one, once started, you didn't pedal any more.

 

[kingrollo]

Maybe not slow the sale of e-bikes, but what will be done with the old ones being replaced, possibly a few years later?

If they are beyond repair then they will be scrapped I'd pressume.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Bikes in general boomed during COVID. Everything was out of stock. Sales of all bikes levelled off post COVID.

My take is that the e bike boom came after COVID or at least towards the end of it.

Sure there are heaps of unrepairable e bikes - personally I don't see this slowing down the growth of e bikes sales . YMMV.

We have a showroom full of 2023 Ebikes we can't shift at 30% off, despite considerable advertising internally (about 4000 employees, who get an additional 20% staff discount) and locally. Several more are boxed up in the store room.

We are asked for used bikes several times a day.

And everyone calls them "Ebikes" and "Normal bikes", much to the annoyance of upper management.

 

[kingrollo]

We have a showroom full of 2023 Ebikes we can't shift at 30% off, despite considerable advertising internally (about 4000 employees, who get an additional 20% staff discount) and locally. Several more are boxed up in the store room.

We are asked for used bikes several times a day.

And everyone calls them "Ebikes" and "Normal bikes", much to the annoyance of upper management.

Wow - that's surprised me.

There isn't much available choice in the UK. E bikes seem permanently oos - I think that's why Ribble seem like the ebike of choice over here.

Im talking e road bikes - I got mine from decathlon - I had to go with 1x and SRAM as all other options were oos.