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The "kick"
« on: January 14, 2017, 20:41:47 »
I dont know if you are familiar with a the peak of innovation in personal transportation. The "kick" does nothing if you dont do what the name implies, but if you use your leg as nature intended, its a death machine when it comes to speed. Icy conditions is also a success factor when it comes to speed. Until the roads gets sanded, of course :)  It is nothing short of a miracle that I actually reached mature age or didn't get mangled during childhood swishing down the icy roads where I grew up, dodging cars and the nasty plow truck. But I still use it for exercise and thrill of the speed. The dog gets to run too :)

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Re: The "kick"
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2017, 20:44:13 »
Lovely :)
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Re: The "kick"
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2017, 20:51:59 »
Simply amazing :)

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Re: The "kick"
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2017, 20:53:23 »
Not enough snow here to use this contraption.


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Re: The "kick"
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2017, 21:08:49 »
Bjørn, do you have a large "kick" or a extremely small bike? ;D

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Re: The "kick"
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2017, 21:11:57 »
Beautifull shot, Børge !

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Re: The "kick"
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2017, 21:51:31 »
Bjørn, do you have a large "kick" or a extremely small bike? ;D

It is the hallmark sculpture for Tynset municipality. Not sized to normal scale, though. It is huge.

Not a kicksled ('Spark') to use for racing, obviously.

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Re: The "kick"
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2017, 22:05:55 »
Ok, never seen it. I thought you were messing with my perception :) Is that the one mentioned in the Guiness book of records?

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Re: The "kick"
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2017, 22:11:09 »
Probably. It is several meters tall.

Admittedly the IR photo was playing with perception of scale ..

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Re: The "kick"
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2017, 22:27:13 »
Very well done Børge!
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Re: The "kick"
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2017, 15:18:40 »
Looks like fun

how did you take the picture ?
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Re: The "kick"
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2017, 16:41:11 »
Yes, I used a trigger Armando.  Nice for self portraits :)