Well I hope you don't considered this to be some type of sacrilege but I don't have a good spot to ride my buggy and had really been itching to ride it. Then I noticed a nice paved road with a nice incline in a deserted subdivision where I sometimes fly trainers with my son, so after thinking about it for a while I decided to give it a try. Wow what a blast, it isn't too steep but we are able to go plenty fast. I say we cause I have my 5 year old on my lap, so plenty fast is relative but it is still fun. I am looking for some bigger hills to try solo. The walk back up isn't the best but still worth it. I am thinking about using a ski rope and getting a tow back up the hill.

Its not flying a kite but it is a lot of fun. Anybody else ever tried this?

Hell yes! It's my fitness workout - drag buggy uphill, rest on way down. Repeat until exhausted!! Even made the video: Buggy fitness workout! The other thing I'd love to do is to have an electric motor that I could hook on like a trailer - I've seen it done with a two stroke motor somewhere on youtube. I often look at stretches of local road thinking........hmmmmm could I get away with a bit of downhill!

never tried it but it sounds like it might be fun. I would probably carry an airhorn incase some starts to back out of a driveway though.

The Kid does this in one of the parks we fly in when the wind doesn't cooperate. He has a blast.

If a little red wagon counts, then yes.

Looks like a pretty wild ride! Have not tried this though!

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Originally posted by Cheddarhead If a little red wagon counts, then yes.

I second that. My parents kept wondering what was happening to our shoes.:ticking:

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Originally posted by Cheddarhead If a little red wagon counts, then yes.

Little red wagons rule, and yes the power lines were dead due to the construction ;-)

You two have isues!! And that is a great thing.

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Originally posted by rocfighter You two have isues!!

Tell me something I don't know

I took my kite sled down Lincoln gap in Vermont twice , both the walk up and the ride down is death defying.

I like to go on holiday to a beach in France near Quiberon. We rent a cottage within buggy dragging distance of the beach, about a quarter mile or so along a paved road. On the way back, you can ride down a slight hill, and then the road goes around a roundabout and back up the hill again. Each year I get a little braver, going faster and even trying to go through the roundabout while there are cars coming in. The French never bat an eye! And yes, the kids love it as well.

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