A kickbike (bikeboard, footbike, pedicycle) is a type of kick scooter (also referred to as a push-scooter or scooter) and is a human-powered street vehicle with a handlebar, deck, and wheels propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.[1] The kickbike often has a large standard size bicycle front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel, which allows for a much faster ride.
History
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The modern kickbike was developed in the early 1990s by Hannu Vierikko who was active at the time in kicksled racing.[2] (A kicksled is a type of human powered sled that is in common use in Scandinavia.) In 1994 Vierikko founded Kickbike Worldwide in Finland to produce and market kickbikes.[3][4]
Use
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Amish communities also use kickbikes in preference to bicycles,[5][6] for several reasons, including the safety and unaffordability of early bicycles, and the risk of gearing mechanisms as a source of vanity.[7] Kickbikes can be used for dryland mushing, also called "dog scootering."[8]
Sport
editSome former world champions include Jan Vlasek and Alpo Kuusisto.[9]
Gallery
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Amish adult using kickbike, 20 July 2006 -
A man with kickbike in Kerava, Finland, 2008 -
A woman on the Diggler scooter being pulled by a dog, dry land mushing, 2009 -
Stuyvesant Cove Park, New York City, 2010 -
Travelling with kickbike, 2011 -
Tuscany, Italy, 2015
Sport
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Offroad scootering -
Award ceremony at the roller race in Leipzig-Marienbrunn 1952 -
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Carbon scooter in Frankenhain 2010 (German EuroCup) -
Footbike Colombia 2016 -
Kickbike for Mushing
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Crowder, Jordan (31 March 2019). "5 Reasons Why Kickbike Is The Best Low Impact Exercise". Medium.
- ^ Joling, Dan. "Kicksleds make inroads". The Lewiston Tribune.
- ^ McDougall, Christopher (28 April 2005). "The Power of One Foot Pushing". The New York Times.
- ^ "Kickbike". Kickbike Finland.
- ^ "The Amish Scooter".
- ^ "Amish Scooter". Better Living Through Design. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ Dhir, Gaurav (30 September 2021). "Why Can't The Amish Ride Bikes With Pedals - levination.com". Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "DON'T LEAVE YOUR DOG AT HOME—INTRODUCING DOG SCOOTERING/MUSHING".
- ^ "Czech team scoot entire 2013 Tour de France… Or should that be kick? + VIDEO". road.cc. 2 June 2013.