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A kickbike (bikeboard, footbike, pedicycle) is a type of velocipede and is a human-powered street vehicle with a handlebar, deck, and wheels propelled by a rider pushing off the ground. 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
A similar vehicle had been produced by Denis Johnson in 1819
The modern kickbike was developed in the early 1990s by Hannu Vierikko who was active at the time in kicksled racing. (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.
Use
Amish kick scooters
Amish communities also use kickbikes in preference to bicycles, for several reasons, including the safety and unaffordability of early bicycles, and the risk of gearing mechanisms as a source of vanity. Kickbikes can be used for dryland mushing, also called "dog scootering."
Sport
Some former world champions include Jan Vlasek and Alpo Kuusisto.
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
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
