Remember the inane hype surrounding those incredibly stupid Segway scooter things?

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I passed a guy on one of those on a bike trail near my home. They are slow as hell and I could buy a really really sweet carbon fiber road bike with the amount of money those things cost.

Slow as hell? They do 12mph (with the high speed key), 15mpg if they are the commercial model. I have two at the ranch, use them to run errands around the property. To be fair, got them cheap from Brookstone. They stopped carrying them and my old neighbor was a district manager so was able to get me the demo models (after refurb) really cheap.

 

[n yusef]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I passed a guy on one of those on a bike trail near my home. They are slow as hell and I could buy a really really sweet carbon fiber road bike with the amount of money those things cost.

Damn Segway riders! I get stuck gehind them on my Bicycle on the way to work ALL THE TIME! Why can't they get over to the side?? :| My Boss chewed me out for being late, so I blamed it on all the damn Segways I got stuck behind. He told me he didn't care about my journey and it wasn't his problem. My boss is such a dick. Next time I'm gonna ram the Segway off the road with my uber light road bike.

LOL

 

[EyeMWing]

I love watching the security folks at BWI on those things.

Was watching them train a nublet back in February, they took him to the international arrivals waiting area because it's the least busy part of the airport, and that just happened to be where I was. They do NOT, however, wear helmets.

And for everyone saying these things are slow - whoever you've seen riding them didn't have any balls or wasn't in a hurry. The commercial (i.e. cops and security) version can do 15mph flat out, and the normal version can do like, 12.

 

[Rubycon]

I remember W falling off one. :Q

The terrorists will develop a remote control to make all of them go apeshit and run all the cops in a big circle and into each other.

In the old days when they had foot patrols, a scofflaw carried a bag of marbles with them. :laugh:

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I passed a guy on one of those on a bike trail near my home. They are slow as hell and I could buy a really really sweet carbon fiber road bike with the amount of money those things cost.

Slow as hell? They do 12mph (with the high speed key), 15mpg if they are the commercial model. I have two at the ranch, use them to run errands around the property. To be fair, got them cheap from Brookstone. They stopped carrying them and my old neighbor was a district manager so was able to get me the demo models (after refurb) really cheap.

Yeah, I can do 15 into a pretty strong headwind on a bad day. 20mph on flat roads is not too difficult. 12mph is slow as hell on a road bike.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
I love watching the security folks at BWI on those things.

Was watching them train a nublet back in February, they took him to the international arrivals waiting area because it's the least busy part of the airport, and that just happened to be where I was. They do NOT, however, wear helmets.

And for everyone saying these things are slow - whoever you've seen riding them didn't have any balls or wasn't in a hurry. The commercial (i.e. cops and security) version can do 15mph flat out, and the normal version can do like, 12.

Bah, the one I passed was flat out and I didn't have any trouble catching and passing him. BTW-Did I mention this dork was riding it on a designated bike/jogging path? There are signs at all the entrance points that no motorized vehicles are allowed on the path.

 

[sandorski]

Remember the inane hype surrounding those incredibly stupid Motorized Cairriage things?


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[Balt]

What is the police edition? The segway that can overrun the normal ones just in case you speed on one?

haha