Kickbike
Type of scooter
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A kickbike (also known as a bikeboard, footbike, or pedicycle) is a type of kick 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 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 in kicksled racing.[2] In 1994, Vierikko founded Kickbike Worldwide in Finland to produce and market kickbikes. Independent coverage has described kickbikes as an evolution of earlier human-powered scooters and kicksled-inspired designs.[3]
Use
Amish communities also use kickbikes in preference to bicycles,[4][5] for several reasons, including the safety and unaffordability of early bicycles, and the risk of gearing mechanisms as a source of vanity.[6] Kickbikes can be used for dryland mushing, also called "dog scootering."[7]
Sport
Some former world champions include Jan Vlasek and Alpo Kuusisto.[8]
Gallery
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
Offroad scootering
Award ceremony at the roller race in Leipzig-Marienbrunn 1952
2009
Carbon scooter in Frankenhain 2010 (German EuroCup)
Footbike Colombia 2016
Kickbike for Mushing
