Engineering:Kickbike
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
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
See also
References
- ↑ Crowder, Jordan (31 March 2019). "5 Reasons Why Kickbike Is The Best Low Impact Exercise" (in en). https://medium.com/@jordancrowder/5-reasons-why-kickbike-is-the-best-low-impact-exercise-fdb90ee6f99d.
- ↑ Joling, Dan. "Kicksleds make inroads". The Lewiston Tribune. https://lmtribune.com/outdoors/kicksleds-make-inroads/article_178c470a-da55-5694-8622-c88cd029ec82.html.
- ↑ McDougall, Christopher (28 April 2005). "The Power of One Foot Pushing". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/28/fashion/thursdaystyles/the-power-of-one-foot-pushing.html?searchResultPosition=1.
- ↑ "Kickbike". https://kickbike.fi/.
- ↑ "The Amish Scooter". https://amishamerica.com/amish-scooter/.
- ↑ "Amish Scooter". 12 February 2015. https://www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com/personal/amish-made-scooter/.
- ↑ Dhir, Gaurav (30 September 2021). "Why Can't The Amish Ride Bikes With Pedals - levination.com". https://levination.com/why-cant-the-amish-ride-bikes-with-pedals/.
- ↑ "DON'T LEAVE YOUR DOG AT HOME—INTRODUCING DOG SCOOTERING/MUSHING". https://www.kick2ride.com/en/dog-scootering-or-mushing/.
- ↑ "Czech team scoot entire 2013 Tour de France… Or should that be kick? + VIDEO" (in en). 2 June 2013. https://road.cc/content/news/84727-crazy-czechs-ride-entire-tour-de-france-without-turning-pedal-video.
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