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Hydra is fairly unique in that bikes, not just motorized vehicles, are prohibited on the island.
by thazework 1y ago
Hydra is fairly unique in that bikes, not just motorized vehicles, are prohibited on the island.
- dogma1138 1y agoOnly donkeys, there are a few vehicles tho the garbage collection “truck” being one of them.
- ndsipa_pomu 1y agoI wonder what their reasoning is behind banning non-powered bikes? It's got very steep hills, so there's a good chance that bicycles wouldn't be very practical, but seems strange to ban them.
- dogma1138 1y agoNarrow streets and very steep slopes there is absolutely no way to safely cycle anywhere there.
- detourdog 1y agoCould be a speed limit thing.
- ndsipa_pomu 1y agoI doubt that they have speed limits if they don't allow motorised vehicles.
- detourdog 1y agoI agree, If everyone is on foot there is no need for regulating the speed.
- anticensor 1y agoSome places actually have pedestrian speed limits.
- polonbike 1y agoBikes, even muscular ones, can be annoying to pedestrians on thin hiking paths. My take is that even if they allow one/a few/a capped number, then it's out of the bottle, and people will try to game the system one way or another
- sidewndr46 1y agoWhat is a muscular bike?
- dylan604 1y agoThe type powered by meat motors
- loire280 1y agoI've started calling them "acoustic" bikes, like non-electric guitars. Not technically accurate, but folks almost always get it and smile.
- jpalawaga 1y agoAnalog bikes
- MarkusWandel 1y agoHow strange that a non-electric bike now needs a special prefix. To me "bike" is the traditional kind and "e-bike" is the motorized kind. Has it really tilted that far? Not where I live, where probably 10-20% of bikes are electric. So far.
- sarnu 1y agoAnother name: bio bikes
- RainyDayTmrw 1y agoPresumably the poster wanted to differentiate e-bikes (electrical motor assisted) with fully human powered (traditional) bikes.
- aaron695 1y ago[dead]