Push Scooters
Part of the urban fashion trend of alternative transportation, push scooters or kick scooters are simple platforms on wheels that you push forward with one foot. Push scooters are usually made of a folding aluminum frame, and their use is not limited to a group age alone, as anyone can enjoy them. Push scooters can have more than two wheels and the aluminum is replaced by plastic in some designs.
Push scooters began their popularity ascent at the end of the 90s, when a folding version of the traditional kick scooter was created by the Swiss, Wim Ouboter. A few years later, mass production of folding aluminum push scooters was started by Razor in the US, Europe and Japan. The market is presently shared between Razor an Micro as the main producers of alternative informal travel means.
When designed for adult usage, push scooters have special incorporated features and use more special and durable materials. Thus, the decks are longer and wider, the wheels are larger and there are hand brakes included. Size is the criterion that determines the specificity of a push scooters line, and so far, these feet-powered vehicles have registered very encouraging sales. It is really cool to to travel around town and avoid heavy traffic with a nice sleek kick scooter.
Folding push scooters don’t make the only category available, there are models that do not fold but have other features for different utility needs. Some such items move faster than the folding version and some even correspond to off road conditions. In this category of street kick scooters we ought to mention producers such as Diggler, Sidewalker or Kickbike. Some of the companies also share a production history of other road and sports items.
In 2006, a new generation of push scooters was launched by Nextsport: the Fuzion, a four-wheel scooter with lots of off road applications. This kind of push scooters are larger and not as lightweight as the Micro and Razor products, but they come with a spinning handlebar and higher stability. Free-stylers enjoy this kind of push scooters, and acrobatic performance as well as stunts are rather common in freestyle communities.
Co-written by: Bike Frame Bars.
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