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While you can buy a Kickbike, you can also make you own hacked scooter. This comment was posted to the Kickbike post:
Weekend warrior in Manhattan on a scooter; I sold the kickbike and now I ride a 16″ wheeled scooter; just about as fast and nimble ; a bit smaller for getting on and off trains ; ride the rest of the time in NJ where I live ; back pack hung on handlebars carries stuff I buy or my jacket if I get too warm or food; foot boards don’t need grip tape / tread tape ; even wet foot boards have traction if you wear skateboard style shoes [ very mild tread / flat sole , no lugs , no funny heels etc]
I followed up with “duggy” and got the following picture and description of how it was put together.
Directly from duggy, description and how it was made:
Notice slotted fork in front and lowering shackles in back and the 1″ sawed off the bottom of the head tube as well as new foot deck welded between the tops of the foot rails instead of on top of the rails ; originally very similar to a Xooter.
My wheels are custom laced alloy rims; stainless spokes; sealed precision bearing hubs.
Construction Notes:
1. Cut an inch or so off bottom of head tube
2. Slotted fork
3. Lowering shackles on rear axle bolted and welded
4. Removed 1/4″ thick plastic deck board on top of foot rails
5. Welded sheet steel [ from home depot ] between tops of rails [ level with rail tops ]
6. Hi rise stem [ stem angled upwards ] with extra long quill [ part that goes into head tube ]
7. BMX bars [ high rise and back angled hand grips ]
8. Alloy rims
9. SS spokes
10. Sealed precision bearing hubs
11. Extra long brake pads
12. Knee rest
13. High pressure smooth tires [ low rolling resistance ]
Riding Notes:
a. High intensity head light
b. Red tail light with elements lighting sequentially in a circle
c. Air horn ; bell ; electric whistle ;
d. Lock
e. Tools
f. Clear safety goggles [ replace sunglasses at night ]
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Filed Under: culture, modification
1 comment for this entry ↓
1 Moses // Apr 30, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Excellent Scooter Hack! We dug through our pile of goodies and found this:
http://www.users.bigpond.com/adskisam/scooter.html
I think I would skip the part for adding the sissyseat—too much extra metal in the wrong area. I think I hear a pile of old bmx bikes calling my name……..
YeaYea, of course we know where to get a shiny new production frame in five seconds……..but what of the joy of the homestyle hack??
Anyone out there willing to hack out a scooter with the meat to handle the skate park ramps? No not a silly Razor—-something that a 190 lb rider can get some air on!
See you on the course.
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