About 80 pounds.
Ba dum DUM.
(Man, I can’t believe y’all left that one hanging for so long!)
Ogre has some valid points.
As an ex-skateboarder, myself. I can see how the youth would improvise new applications in regard to the Segway.
I can imagine gangs of urban Segway punks tearing up the sidewalk in a streetstyle session. Ollie over fire hydrants, across bus benches, 50-50 grinds down handrails, 180 to fakie switch-stance, tail-grab, one-footed, gay twist into transistion, over the car hood, in freestyle mode.
It’ll be TONY HAWK PRO SEGWAY 3. I’m down for it. Sign me up for the Segway X-Games!
Jet Black
Uhh… try the dictionary; I think the name MAY be related to “segue”.
Smooth transition? To what from what?
I dunno. I can certainly see applications for the thing (and would love to test drive one) in mobility for the aged and handicapped; hopefully with a programmed “governor” on the thing. Grannie Blue-Hair at 12mph can cause a fair amount of damage, but not near as much as she could cause in her '87 Fleetwood at 24mph.
I think you’re getting the Segway confused with the bicycle.
Seriously, though, the only demonstrations I’ve seen on TV so far have only shown the Segway handling moderate hills; the only terrains it was used on were asphalt, concrete, and grass. Now if they jacked it up a bit and added some good tires…
12.5 mph?
Are we sure that isn’t meters per hour?
Pedestrian to litigant.
Pre-emptive ranting is the more interesting concept… How long until someone starts a “Those Damn Interstellar Pirates” thread?
It has potential…scale it up a bit, put a gasoline engine in it, enclose the passenger area, but put some glass around head level so you can see…add some seats (no one wants to stand all the time)…Maybe a cargo area…of course, all this might throw off the balance of it, so go ahead and put an extra set of wheels for safety’s sake…
There ya go, a vehicle that will change the world…
Dude… what kind of cool-ass dictionary do you have that incorporates brand names released just 2 days ago? Do they sell them at book superstores, or do you have to find a little hidden away shop with a quiet, unassuming old shopkeeper with a certain glint in his eye to sell you one? If so, the store has been replaced by now by a blank brick wall and I’ve missed my chance… Sigh…
Tenebras
And gravel.
mrblue92, yup, 12.5mph, or, more accurately, 20kph.
“…Pedestrian to litigant…”
HAW HAW HAW!
12.5 mph? None of the pictures I’ve seen show the rider wearing a helmet. :mad:
actually, I did acknowledge that the technology is cool, as I stated that the Segway seems to be such a lame waste of a cool technology.
If you think in just terms of stupid fads, however, I’ve already seen those stupid “Razor” scooters in the trash left and right. But at least they didn’t cost upwards around $3k.
Yea, I know. I was thinking of those toys I had as a kid that didn’t quite perform like what was on the outside of the box…
Which reminds me… if it doesn’t come with a place to mount a machine gun, how do they ever plan on selling it to the military? Wise up people.
I just thought you might like to read How Segways Work.
Personaly I think it’s just another really cool, expensive and dorky gadget. Cool from am engineering viewpoint.
Okay, so what we have here is a device that is expensive, silly-looking, potentially dangerous and completely impractical, and yet its going to change the world…
Hell, I’m still waiting for the internet to change the world like it was supposed to…
Nonono… You’re missing the point:
At 20kph, when you wipeout on the gravel, you’re going to get God’s Own Case of Road-Rash! C’mon, it’s FUN!
As for the machine guns… Dude! They’ve got a version with three saddlebags! Just think of the explosives you could put in there! Suicide-bombers delight! [sub]What, didja think they were selling it to the US military…?[/sub]
:eek:
Of course not! The Segway’s auto-balance system ensures that the rider will never fall off. And in the case of an inconsiderate non-Seg driver causing a collision, the SegBag[sup]TM[/sup] will inflate all around the SegRider, cushioning his/her fall. Helmets indeed! What an antiquated safety mechanism. Why, that’s almost as ridiculous an idea as using groundbreaking technology to create the next Razor scooter! Feh.
k. Os:
JetBlack:
Mr. Blue:
Thanks! For once, I’m a board trendsetter.
It’s a sure way to be the first to post on a given topic, instead of delivering one of those old derivative rants.
Chaim Mattis Keller
Oh hells no! A future where these things roam freely…no! I already have to restrain myself from kicking the crap out of these assholes with the rollerwheel backpacks. Oh were those your toes? Sorry, did you actually want to get through this aisle/hallway/into this elevator/use this stairwell [pick the goddamn thing up, weenie!]
BTW On THE DAILY SHOW last night, Jon Stewart did a great impersonation of a famous morning show personality who happened to be wearing a helmet. Geeky laughs galore.
It’ll stop being a dorky geek thing once they build the upper part as a killer robot that can finally balance itself. Or give the robot a feather duster and it’s time to meet George Jetson.
If I were a golf-cart manufacturer, I’d be PISSED. This is a natural application for the thing. Hang the golf bags on the front, and rig an umbrella off the handlebars, and you’ve got a way-cool miniature golf cart for one person. And at $3000, that’s about 1/4 the price of a regular golf cart.