http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Adult Kickbikes - Am I the only one? en Thu, 21 May 2026 22:56:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-224819 Sat, 09 Jul 2016 11:13:18 +0000 wingpig 224819@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Frustrated by the imminent lack of wheeled personal transportation whilst staying with my parents I did some review-mining and tested the elderchild's 100kg-capable microscootler on a few trips here and there and have acquired an adult-sized folding scooter with pneumatic wheels. Seems good so far and is possibly more convenient than a bike for accompanying a scooter-enabled child around and about. Full review soon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-224408 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 10:47:03 +0000 wingpig 224408@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw a <a href="http://swiftyscooters.com/swiftyzero-vibrant-orange-and-silver">Swifty Zero</a> outside Holyrood earlier this week. The scooteriness of a scooter combined with the pneumatic-wheels-large-enough-for-rough-ground of a footbike looked useful, but is pricey. There are also pricier folding versions.<br /> I wonder if something like a Magic Wheel would be more usable if it had a long steerer/handlebar, or if it'll always be hampered by having a fairly large and momentous wheel which isn't offset by a more massive bicycle arrangement behind it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162180 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:53:25 +0000 amir 162180@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw a couple of these kickbikes parked at a hotel in Helsinki. However I saw no one using them. There were plenty cycling though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162176 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:45:06 +0000 Cyclingmollie 162176@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>The cool factor is definitely there.</em> </p> <p>Hmmm. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162175 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:38:05 +0000 chdot 162175@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you have that much luggage why would you <em>not</em> get a bike? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162173 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:34:05 +0000 viper1tyme 162173@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Travelling_with_kickbike.JPG">Panniers</a></p> <p>Sorry - posted wrong link earlier (I will get a hang of this url business </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162158 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:21:46 +0000 crowriver 162158@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At the link Laidback provided, I found these images of the Sport G4. Seems there are braze-ons on the front fork to take lo-rider rack or fix a porteur rack if you wish.</p> <p><img src="http://www.kickbike.nl/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sport-g4-orange-1024x971.jpg"></p> <p>Also found an image of a sporty looking gent scooting along with a fair amount of luggage in (presumably given the state of undress) hot sunshine.</p> <p><img src="http://www.kickbike.nl/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tomas_alps_large.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162147 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:56:08 +0000 viper1tyme 162147@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The kickbikes are not everyone's cup of tea but you would be amazed at home much you can do with them</p> <p><a href="http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330120a71e2595970b-500wi">Security</a></p> <p>Shopping is also made easier, maybe a trip from Lands End to John O'Groats?</p> <p><a href="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4115/4746306728_293c71f2cf_z.jpg">Pannier rack </a></p> <p>Having looked at the Highway Code I would argue that they can be used on both pavement and road as the law is unclear. Any legal gurus out there? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162142 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:48:52 +0000 wingpig 162142@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It would presumably be easier if it had a handle, rather than just relying on resting against the leg.</p> <p>When this thread popped up yesterday I wondered if it would be possible to make a load-carrying scootable device looking something like a cross between a Noomad, a shopping trolley and a Segway, with a platform between a pair of wheels and an extending handle. Perhaps a reinforced Boogie Board attached to a sack barrow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162140 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:42:57 +0000 ARobComp 162140@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have one of these : Magic Wheels<br /> <img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/549/2575549_5cbe46826f_m.jpeg"></p> <p>It's almost impossible to use and a cross between a penny farthing and a scooter. I need to fix a spoke on it and then anyone will be welcome to give it a go! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162139 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:37:05 +0000 Rabid Hamster 162139@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&amp;rct=j&amp;q=difference+between+setts+and+cobbles&amp;source=images&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;docid=ySnk3ILuJdCLyM&amp;tbnid=YRybSccZDXsxNM:&amp;ved=0CAUQjRw&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pavingexpert.com%2Fsetts01.htm&amp;ei=7nTsU43REYO50QXsgoGICw&amp;bvm=bv.72938740,d.d2k&amp;psig=AFQjCNHHKSo1WItevRnDaqK2Qbc7lZWIzQ&amp;ust=1408091749359205">Setts</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162138 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:32:13 +0000 Rabid Hamster 162138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Haggis have over-developed legs on one side, for contouring around Scottish hillsides!<br /> Shimano will tell you that I'm a size 8.5 left foot and a 9 right foot, so which way should I use a 'kickbike', Goofy or Flaky?<br /> Can I use a trailer with it, and spread a ruggtomcat out?<br /> As the nun said: 'I haven't come this way before!', so it must be the setts (cobbles in England)!<br /> Setts, setts, how does a kickbike perform on StMary's St, Victoria St, East Market St, <strike>Church Lane</strike> (Gloucester Lane), <strike>Pitt St</strike> (Dundas St)?<br /> I feel a 'crash test dummy' scenario coming on? We need one on the streets now to evaluate it, and let Polis view it for on street safety! Urgently! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162132 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:21:24 +0000 Greenroofer 162132@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mini-Greenroofer has one of <a href="http://www.micro-scooters.co.uk/scooters-type-2-wheeled/micro-speed-scooter.html">these</a>. I've just dropped her off at school. She scooted there and I scooted back on the same scooter.</p> <p>I can't see the point of a kick bike - given the size of the front wheel, you've got none of the benefits of a scooter (folds flat, light etc), but none of the speed of a bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162130 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:12:11 +0000 cc 162130@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Where do the panniers go?</em></p> <p>Looks like you could hang a lot of shopping off the handlebars... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162128 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:05:34 +0000 sallyhinch 162128@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fast forward a few years and all those scootering kids get their first jobs, the streets will probably be full of kickbikes... There must be a whole generation of kids growing up with one leg stronger than the other, or do they naturally alternate them? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162123 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:32:23 +0000 Rabid Hamster 162123@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@viper1tyme: AhhhaH! Now I see what you mean! Mibbe parents just use their kids scooter on way back from dropping the kids off (euphemism?), because it is easier than carrying it!?<br /> My overriding concern here is the fact that Edwin's Burghe is built on Seven Hills, and it has no power assistance or gears to help in perambulating! Where do the panniers go?<br /> Is this just another fad like the Chopper, or recumbent trikes, velocipedes, and penny farthings, and will disappear into the ether after a few random purchases have been made, I fear?<br /> I look forward to seeing the first one residing in the Water of Leith under the Dean Bridge, along with hundreds of copies of Metro and a dead seagull!<br /> Great machine though for molesting and terrorising peds n' dugs on the Union Canal towpath... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162075 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 17:26:45 +0000 viper1tyme 162075@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>the kickbikes come in various shapes and sizes, I just prefer the one with larger front wheels </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162071 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:56:47 +0000 crowriver 162071@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I seem to recall a minor craze for adult micro-scooters back in the late nineties/early zeroes. These bigger wheeled beasts seem a bit better for distance and road scooting: proper tyres for a start. Brakes too. 10kg though! Not exactly hop on a bus stuff is it?</p> <p>Also, the big problem with scooters is security: the lack of any frame loop to lock through means they cannot be left alone for long. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162069 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:47:58 +0000 wingpig 162069@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Despite having been distinctly unmpressed at what a pain it was to scoot home when my chain broke a couple of months back, if they were more foldy/compactly-stowable I'd be more interested - there'd be some trade-off between the larger wheels of an adult bicycle versus the foldability of a youngling's micro-scootler but a little bit of reduction in frame/wheel size in favour of a wee bit of being-able-to-be-packed-up-and-carried-on-a-bus would be useful. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162066 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:43:42 +0000 viper1tyme 162066@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The cool factor is definitely there. I think it’s just a matter of time before we catch up with our Scandinavian cousins across in Europe. </p> <p><img src="http://wwwdesign.no/arbeid/web/bb/graphics/kickbike-bilde2.jpg"></p> <p>I see quite a large number of parents riding their children’s wee scooters after school drop off and on the way to pick up, which suggests that parents are trying to use alternative sustainable means to claw back valuable time during school rush hour.</p> <p><a href="http://www.kickbikeamerica.com/mrktng/shop.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kickbikeamerica.com/mrktng/shop.html</a></p> <p>The other legal dilemma that springs to mind is where to ride the kickbike – pavement or road? Who wouldn’t get a kick (excuse the pun) from kicking down Royal Mile on a nice day? I would.</p> <p><a href="http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff182/KOTA777/003-14.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff182/KOTA777/003-14.jpg</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162064 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:08:57 +0000 Rabid Hamster 162064@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can we see a pic of what these monsters look like? I'm interested! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162062 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:55:01 +0000 LaidBack 162062@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Researching these at moment as it happens. Got email from here&gt;<br /> <a href="http://www.kickbike.nl/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kickbike.nl/</a></p> <p>Request from someone local. Did see in France too.</p> <p>We'd sell at £335 for G4 Sport model <em>if anyone is interested....</em></p> <p>Maybe these will 'popularise' riding on the pavement? (Which is a contentious subject). </p> <p>I don't 'quite get it' but sure it must work as with big wheels these will move along quite nicely... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162054 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:34:17 +0000 crowriver 162054@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm. Not sue about the "cool factor". Funny how old ideas come around again, vis the Dandy Horse: no chain, no gears, full body workout.</p> <p><img src="http://www.whatsupwhatson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Dandy-Horse-2.jpg"></p> <p>That big wheel -little wheel thang reminds me of another old contraption, the Ordinary or Penny Farthing. Maybe not as safe as a Kickbike though.</p> <p><img src="http://www.whatsupwhatson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Penny-Farthing-4-300x277.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162040 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:46:24 +0000 dougal 162040@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It seems to be marketed as quite an 'active' thing, like the cross-country skiing to everyone else's downhill. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162021 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:55:35 +0000 viper1tyme 162021@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@dougal - there are a few</p> <p>1st - Maintenance: no chains, no gears</p> <p>2nd - Health - I am told that you get to work both your upper body and lower body at the same time. There is a crunching motion as you reach out with your leg to then pull and kick backwards. So you work out hour hamstrings, quads, things and gluteal (buttocks) mucsles.</p> <p>3rd - Cool factor!</p> <p>see more here <a href="http://modusfit.com/about-kickbike/" rel="nofollow">http://modusfit.com/about-kickbike/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162017 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:49:09 +0000 viper1tyme 162017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@dougal - there are a few</p> <p>1st - Maintenance: no chains, no gears</p> <p>2nd - Health - I am told that you get to work both your upper body and lower body at the same time. There is a crunching motion as you reach out with your leg to then pull and kick backwards. So you work out hour hamstrings, quads, things and gluteal (buttocks) mucsles.</p> <p>3rd - Cool factor!</p> <p>see more here <a href="http://modusfit.com/about-kickbike/" rel="nofollow">http://modusfit.com/about-kickbike/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162012 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:22:05 +0000 dougal 162012@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What advantage does it have over a large scooter or a bike? What kind of people were riding them? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13280#post-162011 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:14:59 +0000 viper1tyme 162011@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hi Folks,</p> <p>I saw these in France and wondered why we dont have them here. My reasearch has so far suggested that there is 1 retailer in the UK, and this may be due to demand???</p> <p>These are a scooter-like cross between a skateboard and bicycle and tend to have a large front wheel and smaller rear wheel, platform for standing on whilst kicking (with either leg), and a nice aluminium frame.</p> <p>Am I the only one out there? What do people think?</p> <p>Cheers </p>