Kick scooters are metal platforms that have handlebars and may be ridden as a means of recreation or transportation. Like a skateboard, the rider drives the kick scooter via his or her foot while grabbing on to the handlebars. Many of the kick scooters nowadays feature two wheels, are created from aluminum which makes it lightweight, and are foldable so that they are easy to carry and store. While kick scooters are often considered as a kid’s toy, there are actually various forms of it and here are some of them:

The earliest forms of kick scooters have been existent for about a hundred years already.

It was created by adding roller skate wheels to a wooden board with a handle.

To steer this type of kick scooter, you have to lean on the side or the direction where you want to turn.

The modern aluminum scooter was created on the late 1990s by Wim Oubother of Switzerland, who was working for Micro Mobility Systems.

At the same time in the United States, the Razor brand of scooters became well-known as well. At present, these two scooter brands are still the most famous kick scooters in the market. Additionally, their target market are kids as well as adolescents who engage in freestyle or extreme scooter.

Though most kick scooters are designed for young people, there is also a kind of scooter that is specifically designed for adults. These adult kick scooters have bigger wheels, sturdier structure, a hand brake, and wider and longer decks that is capable of carrying big adults.

Last but not the least, there are also kick scooters that utilize bicycle wheels that allows them to be faster and even capable for racing. These are called kickbikes and they can also be used off-road as the big wheels can now tolerate rough terrains. As a result, they are also known as mountain scooters. Kickbikes may also be employed for commuting with their increased speed, and also for dog scootering wherein dogs pull the scooter with a rider, the same as how a sled is pulled in the snow.