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pumgo.com - 4/29/2009

Pumgo Scooter - The World's First Pedal-Powered Scooter

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April 24, 2009: New Pedal-Powered Scooter Makes Waves Across America February 4, 2009: Pumgo Scooter Rocks NY Toy Fair (more) The Pumgo is the world's ...

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gadgets.boingboing.net - 4/28/2009

Pumgo pedal-pump-powered scooter - Boing Boing Gadgets

— gadgets.boingboing.net — pumgoscooter.jpg If you're smart like me, you realize that running is for people without the desire to... try to eke as much pleasure from as little energy expenditure as possible. (Watch this space for my eyetwitch-activated Skittles launcher, as soon ... (more) Pumgo pedal-pump-powered scooter - Boing Boing Gadgets

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Stairmaster + scooter = Pumgo
CrunchGear — ... wheels, the $299 Pumgo promises “a full body cardiovascular workout.” While I take issue with the “full body” part, you will indeed likely get a good lower body workout and, yes, you may find yourself out of breath as is customary with cardiovascular exercise. Here’s a video! If you grow tired of pedal-pumping, the Pumgo can also be operated as a run of the mill kick-style scooter. Pumgo Scooter - The World’s First Pedal-Powered Scooter [Pumgo.com via BBG]

Pumgo Fitness Toy Takes the Gym With You
Wired: Gadget Lab — Pretty much the only thing good we can find to say about the Pumgo Scooter is that it gets you out of the boring narcissism-fest that is your local gym. That, and it’ll probably give you buns of steel. The Pumgo might sound like some kind of toilet-unblocking device but it is in fact a stepper machine on a moving platform. You stand up and pedal the thing, not with the usual rotating crank but with pedals that move up and down, like the stepper machine. These then drive the wheels. We’ve seen something like this before: The Pumgo is clearly not a practical form of transport. It ...