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steveindenmark

steveindenmark

Legendary Member
I am hoping not to be shot down too much :smile:

I do ride a TREK road bike and I have had an ICE trike and a Bacchetta Giro 26 and so can be considered as a real bike rider.

In the past I used to do a lot of distance running but because of 2 broken knees (motorbikes) and generally getting older (54). I cannot run the distances I used to and have decided to get a G4 Kickbike just to add a bit of variety to my riding.

They are getting increasingly popular in Scandanavia, where I live. Hugely popular in Finland. Lots of audax rides and PBP being done on them now. Across USA. They will boom before long.

Are there any kickbike riders on here? Are we classing them as a cycle?

Steve
 
neil earley

neil earley

Guru
Location
Neath
looked on web they look interesting, keep us posted on how you get on , regards neil
 
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Bigsharn

Veteran
Location
Leeds
A former Kickbike rider here... After hitting a particularly bad bump the frame snapped on mine (followed by many fat jokes later).

Had a Millenium Racer (the one before the G4s came out) If you've got dodgy knees I wouldn't consider getting a new one to be honest. If you can, get an old model to try it out first though.
 
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steveindenmark

steveindenmark

Legendary Member
I am having great fun with the Kickbike. It a cross between cycling and running. I think you need to be more aerobically fitter to ride a Kickbike than you do a bike. I recently did a 48km ride along the motorway. Plenty of road bikes came past me but not many street bikes.

I am getting fitter very quickly and the weight is also coming off. There is certainly a knack to riding one but that is coming gradually.

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I have never heard the scooter comments before ^_^

Steve
 
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JC4LAB

Guest
A few years ago Cancer research did a series of fundraising bike rides of 20miles or so..A group of these were on the Liverpool Aintree area route.ridden by some rubgy team..I was mighty impressed...The supplier was a company called Vroom from holland but that supplier has long since disappeared from the web. I have wanted one for years..Seen the Finland Kickbike website but there seems to be no Uk agent or Uk supplier..wouild be great for something like Blackpools "ride the lights"..
 
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Stevey G

New Member
steveindenmark said:
I am hoping not to be shot down too much :smile:

I do ride a TREK road bike and I have had an ICE trike and a Bacchetta Giro 26 and so can be considered as a real bike rider.

In the past I used to do a lot of distance running but because of 2 broken knees (motorbikes) and generally getting older (54). I cannot run the distances I used to and have decided to get a G4 Kickbike just to add a bit of variety to my riding.

They are getting increasingly popular in Scandanavia, where I live. Hugely popular in Finland. Lots of audax rides and PBP being done on them now. Across USA. They will boom before long.

Are there any kickbike riders on here? Are we classing them as a cycle?

Steve
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Hi Steve

Yeah, I got a scooter, it's a Kostka hill speed. Use it for work a couple of times a week - prefer it to a bike as I don't get a sore backside and it's much more fun! Nah, not a cycle, a scooter. Check out Swifty scooters.
 
Saluki

Saluki

World class procrastinator
Location
...Norwich over the water.
A friend of ours is considering one of these as he goes Joring with his Huskies. He does bike Joring so the husky's pull the bike along (or that is the theory, sometimes they just trot at the side of the bike leaving our Mark to do some actual pedalling).
He figured that a kickbike is the cheaper option to a Joring scooter.
 
EckyH

EckyH

It wasn't me!
Location
Nottuln, North Rhine-Westphalia
steveindenmark said:
Are there any kickbike riders on here?
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On Wednesday I took the plunge and bought a second hand Kostka Twenty Max.

First reaction of my wife when she saw the vehicle: "This is yellow!"
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Yesterday I patched the inner tube of the front wheel, put on new rim tape, cleansed the grips, took of the Klickfix mount and adjusted the brakes.

The first ride was mostly fun - until I somehow slipped off, tried to support me on the handlebar - but that damn thing moved forward faster than I and eventually I was so much in vorlage that gravity did it's job and I kneeled down. Fortunately it was in an uphill section and despite at low speed it was not much fun. Result is a bit of road rash and a step further on the learning curve.

Nevertheless I could resume the ride and after I analysed the ride I was fairly astonished: just over 7 kilometres in less than 30 min isn't that bad for a thick old man on the first ride, despite the crash.
Today my core and shoulder muscles tell that they worked yesterday. That is a good thing because I wanted to do more for these muscles.

The first changes are planned already: faster and more comfortable tyres (Continental Contact Urban) instead of the Schwalbe Marathon Supreme, TPU inner tubes instead of the standard butyl tubes, one black 50mm headset spacer instead of the five 10mm spacers, longer and higher stem instead of the BMX stem, narrower handlebar with much less rise (100mm) instead of the 200mm of the BMX bar, new grips, a black bottle cage and a black bell.

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