Stunt Scooter Buying Guide
Our scooter buying guide - Which are the best stunt scooters 2016? We have sold stunt scooters, fixed scooters & folding scooters since they started many years ago now. The stunt scooter boom was started after the success of JD Bug folding scooters. Now in 2016 we have an enormous range of stunt scooters from top brand names like madd mgp, crisp, grit, slamm, phoenix, district, sacrifice & many more!
What is a Stunt Scooter?
Stunt scooters are non-folding, we recommend not to buy someone a folding scooter for tricks & stunts. The folding mechanisms create weak points and are really only suitable for recreational riders and younger children. Stunt scooters are normally recommended for ages 8+ but some smaller high end scooters for children 6+ are now available. Overall a stunt scooter is much stronger and lighter than folding scooters with stronger components to cope with the demand of a wide range of cool and impressive tricks and stunts.
Stunt Scooter Wheels
Stunt scooters generally have strong alloy wheels with a diameter of 100mm to 125mm, will have better cartridge bearings, better sealing and roll faster. Alloy scooter wheels also look damn good, it's the ultimate pimp accessories.
Stunt Scooter Decks
Lighter and reinforced in areas that take the stress, normally made from aluminum the average width of stunt scooter decks are generally 4” to 4.5” normally some type of concave (around 3 degree) Stunt scooter decks normally have internal headsets which fit better and are much stronger than bog standard scooter headsets and much smoother. The bearings are also sealed and higher quality.
Stunt Scooter FLEX Brakes
A scooter flex brake is a non-spring brake. Entry level Scooter have spring brakes’s which will rattle after some use, this becomes very annoying and you will hear the word being shouted “my scooter is not dialled” more on that later!
Stunt Scooter Compression Systems
Compressions systems help keep your scooter dialled. It keeps the bars, deck and headset at the correct tension so no ‘head shake’ or play can be noticed when turning the bars or riding the scooters.
Standard Compression System (SCS)
The best and strongest scooter compression system so perfect for stunt scooters. The scooter SCS clamp comes into play here normally with 4 bolts and a cap with a bolt which screws into the fork and the bolt is used to tighten and take up any headset shake. An easy to install clamping system that provides an external component (SCS Clamp) to clamp the bars into the top and bolt the forks into the bottom.
Internal / Inverted Compression (ICS)
ICS compression has to be the lightest compression for scooter around. It uses a long bolt (ics bolt) standard size scooter bars (31.8) with a thread less scooter fork & headset. A starnut Installed in the scooter Bars and a compression bolt is then screwed up through the forks into the starnut Best features of this compression system is that it’s very light and inexpensive. But it is not very strong and the bad points are you need to remove the wheel to tighten this lot up which can be time consuming and annoying as it probably will need doing often.
The most used compression system, the first best compression system around for all the right reasons! No need to take of the wheel to adjust. The HIC compression system is Threadless fork with a starnut a shim over the forks with a top cap and bolt. Then this is tightened until any head shake is gone but bearings are still smooth. That’s it! This system requires HIC bars with a slit to fit which are larger in diameter to fit over the sleeve, bars are normally 34.9mm
Integrated Headset Compression (IHC)
Similar to HIC compression but standard bars are used not oversized HIC Bars this compression system in moving its way onto more entry level stunt scooters around £100
What is a Dialled Scooter?
A dialled scooter is a phrase you might here when asking someone "what scooter would you like?" Dialled simply means it all works good, with no head shake, smooth headset bearings, no rattle in flex brake, no play in wheels bearings and so on! It simply means it is ready to ride hard!
Madd MGP Scooters
This is a global brand of scooters, parts & accessories. The NEW VX6 Stunt scooter range in not only up to the job but also the new Hydro graphic decks look simply stunning.
Madd MGP PRO VX6 Stunt Scooter RRP £99.95
For 2016 the deck features a colour fade on certain models this gives you an option of a minimal one colour look red, black, lime and so on or you can have a two fade colour like red to black.
The bar height is slightly increased to 23" making it better for wider range of scooter riders. If it is too high it can be cut down for a smaller rider. The bar is now oversized to 35mm this is a preference of scooter owners and testers.
The scooter deck has only got better this year, it's now lighter and stronger than previous models. Always a +1 It is a heat tread deck made from quality 6061 T4 & T6 aluminium. The scooter deck is 4" wide with a 3 degree concave.
The rest if the scooter is fitted with the usual high quality madd scooter parts 4031 scooter bars, FSA Headset, Threadless IHC compression, 100mm wheels and K2 (abec 9 rated) wheel bearings.
This scooter is available in 6 two colour fades and 4 one colour scooters. Age range is rated 8+ It was our best selling sub £100 children’s scooter for 2015 and the VX6 2016 version is improved, buy this with confidence
Madd MGP Extreme VX6 Stunt Scooter RRP £249.95 [SERIES 1 Limited Edition]
When you look at the designs in the all NEW VX6 Extreme you see it's something special. The Hydro-graphic deck wrap is a new application for this year. The scooter is wrapped is this unique finish.
Hydro-graphic deck wrap "no two decks are the same" - Awesome!
Keeping the deck looking sweet with an MGP clear grip tape so you don't cover the awesome finish. It’s a quality 4.5" wide internally fluted deck with classic 3 degree concave and cut-outs. Signature MGP 3D forged down tube welded to the extruded scooter base, this helps with strength and lightness.
Remember this is a top end complete stunt scooter so expect the very best madd gear pro parts like DDam M3 forks, Grind grips with nylon bar ends, double bolt cnc clamp, MGP Blitz brake and of course the hydro-graphics
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