droolicious : scooters

Star Kid: How Does Matthew Broderick’s Son Scoot?

SunnyChanel — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Matthew Broderick was spotted taking his 6 ½ year old son for a roll in New York City. His son James Wilkie went scooting to school on “The Porsche of Push Scooters,” the Xootr Mg Kick Scooter. This light weight magnesium scooter has a low deck for easy kicking and a top of the line steering and folding system. You can get a sweet ride just like James' here for $219.

Fruit Crate Scooter 70% Off

Lisa Mulcahy — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:30:00 GMT

For better or for worse, kids stuff has come a long way. My only hope it that old-fashioned fun is not forgotten. I know that retailers market to the heartstrings of parents’ past, which it definitely what’s going on here, but I couldn’t help but fall in love with this company’s Christmas catalog.

Maybe it’s the simplicity of using drawings instead of photos, but Duluth Trading Company’s catalog oozes Americana to the core. I can still remember puttering in the garage with my older cousin to build a go-cart of sorts. I wonder if kids today will ever experience that or if they would ever be willing to trade in their Razor scooter for a fruit box on wheels. I’d be curious to see a test market. For the bargain price of $29.99 (marked down from $99.50) maybe it’s worth doing some research with Duluth's Fruit Crate Scooter.

Very Big Toys: Razor PowerWing Three-Wheeler

Aaron Burgess — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:04:00 GMT

In anticipation of the holidays, Razor rolled out its newest three-wheeler, the PowerWing, this week at Toy Wishes Preview 2008 in New York. While at first glance it looks as though someone slapped a hot-rod-style spoiler onto the back of the company's trademark scooter, that little extra in the PowerWing's rear end has some nifty functionality.

The PowerWing's 68mm rear inclined caster wheels keep your weight behind the handlebars (the front wheel is 125mm, or around double the size of a typical skateboard wheel), and to accelerate either down hills or on flat surfaces, you just move from side to side on the "wings" and let gravity do the hard work. Obviously, this makes things a little complicated when going uphill, but at that point you can just push the PowerWing like you would a regular scooter.

Tricks, on the other hand, become much easier with the PowerWing: You can lean to zip around tight corners, and shift your weight to pull off side drifts, wheelies, 360s and spinouts. There are around 8 million amateur videos of the thing in action on YouTube, but here's the PowerWing's trick potential captured in a little over three minutes:

There's a front-wheel hand brake, too, so you don't need to rely solely on foot power to slow down, and the PowerWing folds away for storage when you're done tearing it up. Best of all, though, those wings accommodate up to 220 pounds of grown-up, so you can pull out the PowerWing to play while the kids are at school.

$99.99 at Target.

The Babble Review: Soft Buggy Cup from Think King

Chris Ford — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:02:00 GMT

Honestly, what's more American than a cup holder? Some strollers come with cup holders, and others (like my un-American Bubagoo Frog) don't. The Soft Buggy Cup from Think King is a portable cup holder that you can use for much more than beverages in many more places than your stroller. But it works pretty well holding your drink while you're at the mall with the kids too. My full review is after the jump.

The Soft Buggy cup is made of a silver mesh that keeps it's form while still being soft enough to collapse into your bag or pocket. It attaches to whatever you are trying to put it on with a series of velcro straps. In fact I was successful in attaching it to a bunch of things without a problem. On my Bugaboo it worked very well as a cup holder for my daughter, but trying to attach it to the top of the handle while keeping it upright was more of a challenge. It worked better when I attached it a little farther down the handle, but it is the sort of thing that will work best with a capped drink in a bottle (like the picture on the web site).

The cool thing about it though is the other places you can attach it to. Wheelchairs, scooters, bicycles and bunk beds are just some of the suggestions Think King has (I particularly like the bunk-bed idea) but it's limited only by your imagination. If you can wrap a piece of velcro around something, then chances are you can stick a Buggy Cup to it too.

If you're looking to find a place for the kid in the top bunk to keep his water at night, or if you just want a place to keep that caramel macchiato handy, The Soft Buggy Cup is definitely worth checking out.

Soft Buggy Cup, $14.99 from Think-King.com

Vespa-Style Scooter Rolls Out in 'His' and 'Hers' Colors

Aaron Burgess — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:03:00 GMT

Clearly modeled after the Vespa, this European-made scooter (just in at Dutch website Bandolino) should turn plenty of heads as you roll into spring. Aesthetic perks aside, though, the scooter's design lets kids ease into riding a two-wheeler without the fear of taking their feet off the ground just yet. There's also a version in blauw, and are available for U.S. delivery. The price isn't bad, either, considering the sturdy wood and mag-wheel construction: €129,95, or just shy of $200.

Don't Bike or Scooter, Skoooch!

Mir — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:07:00 GMT

Looking for a ride-on that straddles the line between tricycle and scooter? Meet the California Chariot Skoooch, the "radically extreme scooter that is as easy to ride as a shopping cart." The stability will appeal to you, the ability to reach up to 18 mph will hook them. (18 mph? Please remember the helmet and pads!) This one (available at Amazon for $149.99) is the ages 3 to 6 version; if you've got a bigger kid, there's also a 6+ model.