Poll: Segway scooters, Hot....or Not?

JC

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Do you think they will really change the world, ala Model T Ford? Or will they just be an expensive, limited toy, just a novelty?

JC
 

Martin

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How about a third option?

"meh"


I think they'd be REALLY hot if they weren't so expensive. Sell them for $300 and they'd fly off the shelves like hotcakes.
 

PliotronX

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I am so hoping there will be people on Segways featured in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 4 game.

BTW - I think you should add the option for "OK" as I'm not excited to spend thousands of dollars on a scooter, but I welcome it.
 

Smacksmackums

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I think they are kinda cool but right now are just for the rich and powerful and fortunate and are therefore all mambee pambee stupid upper class toys. People look so stupid riding those things, its tough too look cool in that standing position slightly leaning forward.

In the future when modders get their hands on these things and they become cheaper and more accessible I'm sure things will change and they'll become cool. I doubt they will change the world like the creator hopes just because the oil companies and auto makers won't allow it, and they're too rich right now.

Could be cool later, right now I think they're kinda silly, like AIBOs or something.
 

MrCodeDude

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I don't see what the big hype is all about for these things. It's a scooter that will never fall over, but requires no exercise to get from place to place. Only reason I can think of using a scooter is to get some exercise and get somewhere fast (and not have a big hassle like with a bike).. And with the electric and gas scooters only costing $150 now and going a good 3x faster than the Segway scooter, I don't see the point.
-- mrcodedude
 

HappyPuppy

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Another overhyped, assinine idea. Some rich people and a few lemmings will buy them just to be "in". Other than that, it will disappear in short order.
 

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<< Scroll down to the bottom of this page. Pretty much sums it up for me. >>

Yeah, I'll take my Cannondale any day over that pansyped ;)
 

b0mbrman

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I'd pay Razor scooter prices for one...other than that, I don't need to get anywhere at 12 mph
 
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<< It's a big friggin bust! Can you say overhyped? Dean Kamen = victim of his own hubris. What a numbnut >>



Word up. I don't think the Segways are a bad idea, exactly, but they are definitely overhyped, and I can't see how they do anything a bicycle can't do as well or better. Given the extreme hostility that many motorists already harbor toward cyclists (as manifested on this board) I would not want to ride a Segway in traffic anyway.