Originally Posted by
corrado33
While I'm often on your side of the argument, I'll play the devil's advocate for this time, only because you're being an ass.
Why are you ignoring the class of vehicle where you do, in fact pedal, and you do, in fact, get exercise, you just get a power boost from a motor? A moped is a motorized bike that doesn't have pedals. It may not be expressively stated in the definition, but that's the common vernacular. Would it be fun if my GF was riding a moped beside me while I rode a bike? No. Would it be fun if she was riding her pedal bike and keeping up with me while I'm riding my bike? Yes. This argument is NOT black and white. There's a middleground that you're ignoring because you feel like being childish. Do you know how a pedal assist bike works? It doesn't work unless you pedal. The harder you pedal, the more power boost you get, therefore effectively making someone that doesn't have great power equal to someone who is in much better shape than them (my GF and me.)
Now, you can continue with your ignorant bull**** if you please, but at least stop being a child and ignoring facts that don't agree with what you're saying.
Actually a Moped is not a motorized bike without pedals, those are scooters, and motorcycles. A moped is the opposite of a motorized bike, where the MOtor is the primary function, and anybody who's had one, knows the PEDals are best used only to start the thing. There are mopeds that also come without pedals, such as the Tomos Streetmate, which we have coined the phrase for mopeds without them as "Nopeds." They are still mopeds, and either way, a motorized bike is not a moped, a scooter is not either. Motorized bikes, however are kinda the father of all motorbikes.