kicksled
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thumb|Modern kicksled with child passenger thumb|Kicksleds in Sweden, 1922 The kicksled or spark is a small sled consisting of a chair mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners that extend backward to about twice the chair's length. The sled is propelled by kicking ( or in the Scandinavian languages) the ground by foot. There is a handlebar attached to the top of the chair back. Kicksled is a direct translation of the Finnish word . Estonian calls it either a 'pushsled' () or 'Finnish sled' (). Some other possible translations are kicker and chair-sled.
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thumb|Modern kicksled with child passenger thumb|Kicksleds in Sweden, 1922 The kicksled or spark is a small sled consisting of a chair mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners that extend backward to about twice the chair's length. The sled is propelled by kicking ( or in the Scandinavian languages) the ground by foot. There is a handlebar attached to the top of the chair back. Kicksled is a direct translation of the Finnish word . Estonian calls it either a 'pushsled' () or 'Finnish sled' (). Some other possible translations are kicker and chair-sled.
== Design == The typical adult sized sled has runners about long, spaced apart. The steel runner blades are about wide.The handlebars are about above ground.
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