Kickbiking showed up in a Newsday article about alternative transportation alternatives duringthe New York bus and subway strike. The article featured Rick Muller, an avid kickbiker that can be seen kicking round the streets of Manhattan on a regular basis.
Rick, well known among kickbiking circles, is an active member of the Yahoo KickbikingUSA forum, and gave an excellent interview on the Kickbiking.com podcast this past summer.
Rick Muller, who works for the Manhattan borough president office, has an uncommon alternative to mass transit -- a "kick bike." With neither pedals nor gears, its aficionados propel the Finnish-made conveyance with one swinging foot, like a scooter.
"I'm over 200 pounds, so I need something stable that can take the bumps and potholes," he said. In the event of a strike, Muller will ride his vehicle, which sells for $329, from his apartment in the East Village, though he said it's good for far longer distances.
"It's probably double the work of a regular bicycle, but I love the freedom of movement and I like that it's good exercise, since I'm a desk jockey," he said.
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