Post: Do you ride or drive a bicycle?
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05-26-2011, 11:31 PM
#1
MATT23116
Guest
"Come over to my house and see this"
and I said:
"I don't feel like it, unless you give me gas money"
and then he said:
"You live really close, just drive your bike over"
And I told him that you "ride" a bike, not drive it.
He keeps saying that you drive a bike, you drive a motorcycle, and you drive a car.
I keep telling him that Driving is defined as
Originally posted by another user
Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle:
I keep telling him that you ride a bike because it doesn't have a motor, then he said that the chain and gears on a bike is the motor.
Then he said, "well if there is two people on a bike, One has to be driving it"
I argued that they're both RIDING the ****ing bike.
Basically, he's stubborn as ****, and won't admit it when he's wrong. It's amazing how fast this argument escalated, before we knew it we were yelling at each other and I was trying to show him how much of an idiot he's being, but he keeps kicking me from the party
So I'm making a poll.
Do you "Drive", or "Ride" a bicycle?
05-27-2011, 01:37 AM
#21
DiJiTaLGoDz
Former Staff
Originally posted by Sub
No with my logic debates should be moved to the Debate Section and I am very logically-thinking person.
How is this a debate? he's asking the correct way to say something. there is no debate whether it's riding a bicycle or driving. you can't drive something without a motor, so you are riding it. where's the debate. :confused:
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05-27-2011, 01:40 AM
#22
Stub Hero
Laying low low low
Originally posted by YounGRicharD
How is this a debate? he's asking the correct way to say something. there is no debate whether it's riding a bicycle or driving. you can't drive something without a motor, so you are riding it. where's the debate. :confused:
/facepalm. It's on the subject of terminology. But I'm sick of explaining it. I'm sure you can work it out by now.
05-27-2011, 01:50 AM
#24
Originally posted by another user
drive
[drahyv] Show IPA verb, drove or ( Archaic ) drave, driv·en, driv·ing, noun, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1.
to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
2.
to cause and guide the movement of (a vehicle, an animal, etc.): to drive a car; to drive a mule.
3.
to convey in a vehicle: She drove them to the station.
[drahyv] Show IPA verb, drove or ( Archaic ) drave, driv·en, driv·ing, noun, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1.
to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
2.
to cause and guide the movement of (a vehicle, an animal, etc.): to drive a car; to drive a mule.
3.
to convey in a vehicle: She drove them to the station.
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A bike is considered a vehicle in most states. So ride or drive are both acceptable.
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