If you have been born in the ‘90s and spent your formative years in the early aughts, you probably zoomed around your neighborhood on the iconic Razor scooter. A couple of decades later, Razor is reviving its original scooter model so that grown-up ‘90s kids can feel like a kid again as they skip the bus on their way to work.
First launched back in 2000, the Razor A scooter was immediately a must-have and sold millions of units the first year it hit the market. Scooters were far from a new idea when the Razor A was introduced, but at the time skateboarding had been enjoying a boom in popularity (Tony Hawk famously landed his 900 at the X Games in 1999), and as cool as the sport had become, skateboarding still had a steep learning curve. The Razor A was much easier to learn to ride (you didn’t even need to know learn how to experience a motorbike), and along with sturdy wheels much like what you’d discover on inline skates, it additionally featured a intelligent folding design that made it extremely transportable. You might experience your Razor to the mall, and then stash it (albeit awkwardly) in a backpack.
Visit any skate park in the nation, and you might discover extra youngsters on Razor-like scooters than skateboards lately. So, to capitalize on the continued reputation of the toy—in addition to retro nostalgia—Razor is resurrecting the unique Razor A as the new Razor Icon that’s now supersized to accommodate grownup riders hoping to recapture their youth.
The Razor Icon continues to be created from aircraft-grade aluminum, so it ought to simply survive sick stunts, but it surely’s uncertain that 30-year-olds who grew up with the toy are planning to spend a day at the skate park. So along with a bigger adult-compatible body, the Razor Icon additionally features a 350-watt motor powering the rear wheel that enables the electrical scooter to hit speeds as much as 18 miles per hour with a variety of about 18 miles on a full cost of its 36-volt lithium-ion battery. (That vary could fluctuate relying on the terrain and variety of hills you sort out in your experience.)
The stable rubber wheels of the Razor A have been changed with 8.5-inch airless tires right here to assist easy out rides, whereas security options embody a headlight and crimson LEDs in the again that illuminate when the brakes are utilized. But the greatest distinction between the unique Razor A and the new Razor Icon is which you can’t stroll into your native Toys “R” Us to purchase one. Not solely is the once-popular toy chain principally lifeless, however Razor is launching the Icon via a Kickstarter marketing campaign first, with supply set for someday in August for the earliest backers.
Those who again the Razor Icon first can make the most of early-bird pricing and get one for $549 in one among 5 completely different colours, whereas pricing jumps as much as $599 when the first 125 are claimed. The eventual MSRP when the Icon hits shops will likely be a bit larger than that (Razor guarantees the price ticket will nonetheless be beneath $1,000) and will hopefully embody expanded availability as the Razor Icon’s Kickstarter availability, sadly, seems to be restricted to the U.S. solely.