Tricky scooter - Special view of a vehicle designed for self-employed sports. From the usual, all familiar with childhood, it differs in the same way as a paper boat from the real marine liner: and constructively, and functionally. The choice of such an acquisition is a very responsible event, it will certainly require special knowledge.
What it is?
The tricky scooter is also called a kikskuter, and sometimes freestylecuter.
This sports device, the purpose of it is to ensure reliable extreme skating in a special skate park or on Street Spa.
And these means of movement are used in a special sport - kikiskoming. They are created with the calculation of serious loads, to perform dizzying tricks. Therefore, it looks like such a projectile very impressive - reinforced design elements are impressed. Sports tricky scooter does not have a folding mechanism and adjusting the position of the steering wheel, and this is exactly what distinguishes it from other scooters.
The upgraded extreme version is usually represented in one of the two main species. There are so-called complies and customs. First - ready-made option Which is already assembled by the manufacturer and is ready for tough and harsh exploitation. The second option is the designer which allows you to collect scooter for yourself from individual parts to order.
For different sports disciplines, various to the purpose of fixture are used.
- Park scoota - Lightweight model with small steering and decks. It is convenient to make tricks in which rotation is provided. The steering wheel of the park scooter is usually titanium or aluminum, the wheels are rigid and light.
- Straight - The steering wheel is higher and wide, made of steel, the bottom is flat. This facilitates the task when performing the main purpose of such scooters - light descent on the railing and steps. Such models usually put softer wheels.
- Dört - Serious device for extreme ride on the slings and hillocks, in the parks with springboard. It has a large deck and enlarged inflatable wheels.
When choosing such a device should always be take into account the target purpose of the acquisition. It is not very convenient to make a rotation on Dört-scooter, and Street-models are unlikely to help make breathtaking tricks on the springboard.
A bit of history
It is difficult to imagine, but the first fans of self-tricks used the most common children's small devices. So that the shooting devices do not break right during the fulfillment of the next trick, they were "brought to mind", enhancing the design, adding those or other elements. However, scooters broke, riders were injured, but they did not refuse their hobbies.
So it lasted before the start of the new millennium and only in 2000 fans of this extreme entertainment turned Eagle Supply specialists. The organization was engaged in the production of chariots for roller skis. Please surprised, but did not shock. Thinking and holding a series of tests with the participation of the riders themselves, the company has released the first wheels for the tricky scooter with aluminum discs.
Razor and Micro simultaneously responded to requests for help and released models of scooters that could not be folded. And then, the riders themselves have multiplied two components and began to produce individual elements - forks, decks, strengthened steers. So there were world-famous firms TSI, Proto, Wee.
About the decade went to good luck and failures, discoveries and failures, and in 2010, the companies that narrowly specialized only on the means of movement for extremals were announced. MGP, District, Blunt.
Gradually changed standards - Literally on your own mistakes, drops and injuries, Rider have come to the conclusion that it is necessary to increase the diameter of the wheels, raise the steering wheel, make it wider. And since then the process of searching does not stop - almost every season of the company offer regular innovations. Today, such scooters are produced under 50 brands for a variety of users - from newcomers, who only today decided to go outside and master the first trick, to professional athletes.
What details are?
The tricky scooter has a completely defined design, the individual elements of which are subject to the requirements of strict standards. This also applies to materials and sizes, and therefore spare parts from one scooter may well come up for another, other manufacturer, if both manufacturers comply with the standards.
Consider what is a tricky scooter.
- Deck. Deca is called a small playground on the dimensions, which rises rolling. It does not understand, consists of a basis or profile, removal and glass. Usually these elements are connected to the welding. The exceptions are models with cast glasses, in which the glass with removal is cast from one aluminum piece.
How wide will the reference board, depends on the manufacturer and model. The brake is fixed to the board, rear wheel, steering column and plug with compression.
- Fork. This is an important detail that holds the front wheel of the scooter. It connects with the board through the steering column and is attached to the compression system. As part of the plug, two parts are stem and feathers.
The plug can be made of aluminum. Such components are considered the safest, lightweight. Steel forks consist of separate parts that are welded with each other. They are usually put in the extreme scooters of the budget class. And there are also combined forks in which the rod is made of steel, and feathers from aluminum.
- Steering pole. The steering column is needed so that the steering wheel can change the position in space relative to the deck. It is equipped with two bearings located in the glass at the top and at the bottom.
- Compression system. This is a special system that ensures compression that the plug in the glass can be fixed in a vertical position. There are different compression systems - threaded, SCS (standard), HIC, IHC, ICS.
- Clip . Small detail - clamp, which makes it possible to fix the steering wheel relative to the front wheel.
- Steering wheel . Need to control the device. Since it cannot be folded on an extreme scooter, it is simply initially selected under the growth of the riding. Handles are of different shapes: from T and y to W - complex shape with added stiffness wings.
- Infusion . These are rubber handles on the steering wheel. They help to hold the steering wheel even with sweeping hands, and also partially absorb the stream force when landing from the jump.
- Barendes . Small plugs covering the side parts of the steering wheel. May be plastic or aluminum - the big role does not play.
- Wheels . For extreme scooters, there are special wheels consisting of an aluminum disk and an outer polyurethane layer. Most often, tricky scooters occur wheels with a diameter of 110 mm.
- Bearings . An important detail to ensure the rotating ability of the wheels with minimal friction. On this type of scooters, as a rule, the Bearings are ABEC 5/7/9.
- Skar . Rigid rough sandpaper on self-taking. This part allows you to provide more reliable contact with a shoe sole with a deco.
- Pegi. . Cylinders that are on one with the wheels of the line with a certain or on both sides. They need, how easy it is to guess, in order to make tricks - slide, make racks. They can be steel, aluminum or plastic.
- Brake . Located in the rear, activated by pressing the foot. Sometimes instead of the brake there is a special retainer — Footfender .
Usually, the scooter for extreme riding weighs from 3 to 5.5 kg. The smaller this figure, the more yurik and maneuverable will be scooter, but heavier devices have their own dignity - they are more reliable and strong.
Accessory can be attached to the purchase - a bag-cover for wearing.
Differences from ordinary scooters
Newbies often ask the question of what sport scooter differs from the usual. And the most truthful answer to it is almost all. Extreme modifications, as well as ordinary children's scooters, are driven by repulsing one foot from the ground. But if the usual scooter has a folding mechanism so that it is convenient to wear, adjust the height of the steering wheel and a wide board-deck, then the sports version is completely unknown.
Folding steering mechanism - the thing, of course, useful, but when performing the trick, it can play a keen joke - To make it up with a tangible effort on the steering wheel from the riding ride.
When jumping, turning the support on the steering wheel is the serious and lack of a folding mechanism - this is a need for a guarantee that the device does not work out and will not fall apart.
Wheels of the usual scooter slightly more than sports wheels . The extreme-option does not provide for long walks on it, but implies tricks, and therefore the wheels are made lightweight, but durable.
The main difference is a reinforced design.
For a conventional riding device, plastic and aluminum are used not the highest technical characteristics. Sports models are always made of high-quality aluminum, individual elements are performed from high-class steel.
In ordinary models, infesses can be decorative, sliding, at a qualitative sports scooter, they should never slip in their hand - the safety of the rider directly depends on this. Bearings on extreme-models put only the highest class.
Important criteria
If you have a task to choose an excellent racing or tricky sports scooter, you should carefully read the characteristics that it should be inherent.
The weight
This indicator for many is decisive. If your selected sports feener is too easy It will be difficult to get overclocking at the right moment, as a result, the trick will not work or will be performed incorrectly. If the device is heavy, It will certainly affect his maneuver qualities.
Most sports scooters have weight from 3 to 5 kilograms, on average - 4 kilograms. For those who prefer Street-riding, more suitable options weighing 3-3.5 kilograms. For jumps, it is better to use heavier models weighing about 4 kilograms. They are more resistant to the air.
Newcomers are recommended to choose a small weight model. So it will be easier to master the first tricks and techniques.
Frame
Frame should not be equipped with a folding mechanism. Ask the material and design of the frame, it must be maximally laconic: the less welded parts and items in it, the more reliably the design will be. An aluminum or combined frame is considered optimal.
Wheel diameter and their rigidity
Small wheels provide greater maneuverability. But novice is recommended to choose not too small wheels, since the learning process on them will not be easier and pleasant. For beginners, a diameter of 110-126 millimeters is recommended. Experienced riders usually try to choose 100 mm wheels.
The rigidity is indicated on the side of the wheels, it is usually 88-90a. It is such a rigidity standardized by most manufacturers.
Bearings
They usually have standard sports models, indicated by the letters of ABE and three numbers. The best - AVES 5-7-9. remember, that On the bearings, you will not save a lot, but on their replacement you can break - They have to change them with wheels, and therefore it is better to initially choose high-end bearings.
Wheel disk material
Intro wheeled discs can be equipped with Plastic knitting or metal core. The more hard drive, the greater speed can be developed. The stringent is considered solid aluminum. Wheels with plastic knitting needles are rapidly wear out. But for beginners, this option is quite admissible.
For those who wish to jump more, softer options are suitable, and for high-speed sliding is better suited. If the riding solid own weight, it is necessary to immediately give preference to rigid metal disks.
Torkemose
Brakes can be two (rear and front) or one - rear. The presence of a brake is a matter of taste and the purpose of the model. Some athletes remove the brake and replace it with a football.
Clips
There are 2-, 3- and 4-bolted. Safety and durability depend on the number of bolts - What bolts are more, the risks are less.
Dese
What should be deck, is determined by which the size of the shoes wears the rolling. The larger the size of the shoes, the more wide there should be a platform-deck. In many ways, the width of the deck is a matter of taste.
Compression systems
The most inexpensive is threaded compression. It is usually present in models for beginners. This most often stands on open bearings. SCS compression is heavy, but reliable, and therefore the road in value. The clamp in it holds the steering wheel, and the plug is simultaneously.
KS (ICS) - Lightweight and price is a fairly available compression system, The clamp holds the steering wheel and supports the compression itself. HIC (IHC) - High reliability hybrid system.
Form and height of the steering
The steering wheel in extreme-models can be different. There is a steering wheel that resembles the letter T, there is a Y-shaped and bat-wing. The simplest T-shaped inexpensive, uncomplicated and safe. If it is made of a good material, then also does not burden the design of excess weight. The steering wheel of Y is more hardy, the load with it is distributed more evenly. The most durable and reliable form - Bat-Wing.
The height of the steering wheel is a very individual criterion. The lower, the easier it will be given high jumps, but the high steering wheel removes excessive load from the back, But, alas, no guarantees of sustainability in the jump. Standard is the location of the steering wheel in the waist area of the riding or slightly lower it.
The width of the steering wheel should be proportional to the width of the shoulder athlete. Most often, the height of the steering wheel is determined by the growth and style of riding:
- 41 - 121-122 cm;
- 43 - 129-132 cm;
- 46 - 135-137 cm;
- 48 - 145 cm;
- 51 - 151-152 cm;
- 55 - 159-160 cm;
- 58 - 168 cm;
- 61 - 173-175 cm;
- 64 - 183 cm.
Rating
The best manufacturers of sports tricky scooters are considered Limit, Hipe, PlayShion, Dominator, Oxelo, Tech Team Duke, Rush Action. The most expensive option in the world - PHOENIX SEQUEL SCOOTER.
We made up the top of the best models based on the reviews of buyers and athletes' forums - both beginners and professional.
Razor Grom Sport
Excellent option for beginners. It has a small weight, small wheels with decent patency. Deca is made of durable aviation aluminum. The main minus is the backlash steering wheel, if there is no clamp on the scooter.
Tech Team Backflip.
Good and not the most expensive option for adolescents of older and adults. Combined Deci material is advantageously complemented by innovative bearings that do not require additional adjustment. The design is very durable. Stylish design.
Oxelo Stunt Freestyle MF 3.6 V5
The model for athletes has a reliable foot brake. The device with a solid dece, you can do even very complex jumps, without fear that the frame will break. In the front and rear wheels are installed aluminum pan. The minus in the model usually found beginners - the steering wheel is not too adapted for beginners, it is easier to manage with it already experienced athletes.
Micro Freestyle Scooter MX TRIXX
The ideal option for trickles, connoisseurs of the aggressive driving of the scooter. It has light weight, shortened handle. The steering wheel is strengthened. Suitable for teens and adults.
Tech Team TT DUKE 101
The model is designed for children and adolescents who are still to start mastering the first tricks. It has a reliable brake, the flu is reinforced by blockers. Minus - plastic discs, and therefore it is still necessary to change the wheels.
District C-Series C050
Excellent model for beginners and lovers. A company that is already legendary in the world of sports scooters, does not make bets - You are unlikely to offer red, green or other models, but it will be high-quality materials and security guarantees.
Ateox Combat.
Pretty wide deck allows you to get up at her at once with two legs. A wide steering wheel will help in the development of novice tricks. . The model can be used as a means for urban skating.
HIPE L20.
Excellent option for high growth people. By minuses can be attributed unless the high cost - from 15 thousand rubles. It has an interesting and a little bold design, which will certainly appreciate adolescents.
Limit LMT 01 Stunt Scooter
Equipped with excellent bearings that allow you to make complex and beautiful tricks. It also contributes to the allial frame, and polyurethane wheels. It can be used both newcomers and experienced rides.
Explore Pescara.
The optimal model for those who have already mastered the Aza and is on the path of their improvement. Mid-level riders will feel confident and cool on such a scooter. Easy and robust frame, small wheels, HIC compression system - All this guarantees safety and ease of riding.
How to choose?
Select freestyle scooter - the task is not simple.
If you make an incorrect choice, the tricks will not work or will be incorrect, and if you save everything, you can purchase a device on which a person will receive injury.
To choose a means of movement correctly - it means to take into account the player of skiing, the presence of experience or its absence, referred to the above requirements for growth, age, decide where a person will ride.
A beginner adult or adolescence is equally well fit and the street model, and park. The main thing is that the height of the steering wheel corresponds to growth, the frame was made of aluminum or its combination with steel, and the wheels were rather soft.
Scooter for a professional is selected individually because the athlete is simply not asked as a question. He knows his style perfectly, mana, weak points and choose a model with this. If we speak as a whole, aluminum discs are more suitable for professional tricks, the metal declines, the presence of a durable clamp and as much as possible bolts for forest reliability.
If you choose a gift for a child, you should pay attention to children's models - for freestyle boys and girls are offered quite a large selection.
The boys older than 5-7 years will fit the lightweight classic models. For children who are already involved in professional competitions, the rules of choice and requirements for scooters are usually the same as professionals.
Whoever bought the scooter is to remember the protection. This is especially important if the purchase is planned for children. Even the experienced ride will not interfere with the helmet and knees, they do not neglect even world-class champions, so do not risk.
Setup and operation
The assurances of manufacturers in the reliability and safety of their products should not be taken too close to the heart.
The tricky scooter can quickly break, even if he is expensive and cool, if it is wrong to configure it and ride it wrong.
So that the acquisition serve longer, experts recommend correctly approaching the scooter settings.
Compression
If it is poorly tightened, then the backlash will appear, and it will completely deprive the process of any safety and comfort. If you drag it, the steering will break quickly. Pull bolts experts advise to smoothly scroll fork. The easiest is adjusted by threaded compression, but this requires a gas key.
To configure the SCS, you will need a hex key for 5 or 6 mm. After removing the steering wheel, you need to twist a compression bolt, then return the steering wheel into place. Almost the same, but the HIC system is somewhat easier.
Lesuft Wheels
With the back of the wheel, you need to pull the axis. For such a process, a hex key and a key of 13 mm will be required. It is necessary to know this in this, because if you drag the bolt, you can increase the load on the bearings, and this will lead to their premature wear.
Clip Adjustment
It must fix the steering wheel as securely as possible, but it should not drag it. Bolts need to be twisted for a couple of revolutions on both sides so that the load is distributed evenly.
In order not to break the scooter, you should adhere to simple rules that are most often violated by newcomers. No need to wade into big tricks, without knowing how to do them, especially it concerns Dropov and Barav. This can lead to an increased load on the glass and clamp.
Experienced masters of extreme skiing well know that in crude weather and in the rain should not ride - risk the risk of falls, injuries and breakdowns of equipment.
And also the scooter can not be hitting the obstacles, throw it. No matter how strong it is, this appeal will not contribute to long and happy use.
Security
It is difficult to call transport safe, especially if you consider that it is performed on it very risky tricks. But it is possible to reduce injury. To do this, have and certainly put on protection. And this requirement is equally concerned and professionals and beginners.
Before training and skating you need to warm up well. If the muscles are proper and ready, the likelihood of injury is also significantly reduced.
Traumatists accurately know that the greatest number of injuries from professional riders usually falls at the beginning of training and competitions, if the athlete has begun to fulfill the program, insufficiently prepared a well-looking muscle for the loads. To more complex tricks you need to move after you have the previous one. Do not jump through the step, trying to prove that "I can also". " Everything has its time.
Wet road and puddles are dangerous. Even the most expensive wheels cannot work normally with high humidity. The main danger is turns on the wet surface. Falls in most cases cannot be avoided.
Tricky scooter does not like and cold. The wheels in such weather are worse joined the road, and falling, and breakdowns.
Street-riding connoisseurs should be extremely attentive on urban streets, where asphalt is not everywhere and is not always so even as much as I would like. In addition, there are children, pedestrians, drivers and crazy tricks on the road are fraught with dangerous consequences for everyone. You need to carefully inspect the place where the tricks are planned, because even one small stone at the landing site can overshadow the entire trick and lead to undesirable consequences.
Styles of Catania
If you have a tricky scooter, then a calm walk in the park in a straight line becomes boring. Therefore, sooner or later you have to choose myself. Freestyle is constantly changing, all new tricks appear, everything is in motion, but it will have to start with basic skills.
Besides the fact that there is street skating, park and springboard, Specialists allocate several styles that riders can use.
- Carving - Serial turns, sometimes sharp, style is often used in skiing. Skiers, creating a wave of snow, look incredibly effectively. It is impossible to say the same thing about the rides - they usually have a wave of sand and small stones from under the scooter, which is not so pleasant for the audience. However, the style is still beautiful, and therefore is very popular with young people.
- Drif - passing turns at high speed.
If the park style implies a large number of jumps and turns, then the street will offer more adrenaline entertainment - stairs, steps.
Care and maintenance
Since you will soon decide to become a rider, you should first assign that without knowing the device of your two-wheeled horse will not work. The more aggressive the scooter is applied, the higher the wear of the parts and sooner or later, but they will require substitutions. This is where the understanding is useful, where and that the scooter is located. Refer to the equipment for extreme riding needs carefully and carefully. It should remain clean.
Dust and dirt can affect the negative way on the operation of the steering and the wheel parts. The mud for bearings is most dangerous, the accumulation of it can lead to their complete failure.
In this case, it will take to disassemble the scooter and rinse, excluding moisture in the anthers, bearings. All items must be wiped with a dry cloth. Bearings can be cleaned with kerosene, after that they certainly need lubrication, otherwise skating after washing it may turn out to be the last for bearings. Lubrication is required. For the steering - on a graphite basis, for bearings - lithol or thick silicone lubricants.
Review reviews
On the Internet, there are quite a few reviews about various models of tricky scooters. The owners are happy to share with all the wishing information about which advantages have their means of movement and what the shortcomings are peculiar.
For the most part and beginners, and mid-level riders are trying to listen to the tips of "experienced", and therefore often do not count the forces - either the scooter breaks quickly, or is difficult to operate. But if desired, the conscious and reasonable choice is quite possible. Just determine the list of the most cute models suitable for the price, and go to a specialized store, where consultants will help to understand the details. If you have a friend who is enjoys extreme skiing, take it with you - Rider even with average experience will help choose the optimal model for a child, a beginner.
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