Kickbike
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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
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
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
Some former world champions include Jan Vlasek and Alpo Kuusisto.[9]
Gallery
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Amish adult using kickbike, 20 July 2006
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A man with kickbike in Kerava, Finland, 2008
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A woman on the Diggler scooter being pulled by a dog, dry land mushing, 2009
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Stuyvesant Cove Park, New York City, 2010
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Travelling with kickbike, 2011
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Tuscany, Italy, 2015
Sport
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Offroad scootering
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Award ceremony at the roller race in Leipzig-Marienbrunn 1952
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2009
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Carbon scooter in Frankenhain 2010 (German EuroCup)
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Footbike Colombia 2016
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Kickbike for Mushing
See also
References
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