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- leodavinci, on 07/03/2008, -2/+54I still don't understand why walking is a problem? Or a bike? If you live close enough to your place of work where you can get there with a Segway, a bike would certainly do the trick just as well for 1/10th of the price.
- Zandarrr, on 07/03/2008, -3/+36Seriously? You can't afford gas but you can afford a Segway? Get a bike! Lazy fools.
- Shaman760, on 07/03/2008, -4/+34Who wrote that headline, Dr. Seuss?
- zyl0x, on 07/03/2008, -5/+30The Segway: the fatass' answer to a bicycle. Seriously, want to save $4500 and get in shape? Buy a bike. For *****'s sake, I can't believe how lazy people are.
- MrWhite7, on 07/03/2008, -2/+24No, but there's a proprietory accessory they just developed called a raincoat.
- Tenlow, on 07/03/2008, -1/+21For 1/10th the price of a segway, you get a pretty nice bike.
- defunctlife, on 07/03/2008, -1/+211.4 Miles? Jesus just buy a bike and ride it and save yourself the $5000.
- themurph2099, on 07/03/2008, -3/+20If I lived in a larger city I'd consider buying one. I've looked at all kinds of electric options, but there aren't many that work well on a highway, and being in a more rural area, I have to have one that will do that.
- WiretapStudios, on 07/03/2008, -1/+17Try a bike. You'll look like much less of a tool. Also, who wants a mode of transportation where there are 'people who stop' you to talk about it? I'm trying to get places.
- inactive, on 07/03/2008, -2/+17I like it - but I like my Bike for the 2 mile ride...
- justice7, on 07/03/2008, -1/+15and exercise never hurt anyone
- zyl0x, on 07/03/2008, -3/+16These "sweat" arguments are stupid. Maybe if you exercised regularly you wouldn't need a shower after a 2 mile bike ride.
- kyletehgreat, on 07/03/2008, -1/+13Holy ***** he has a monster commute. nearly a mile and a half to work EVERY SINGLE DAY!!
- FuryOfThor, on 07/03/2008, -1/+13Maybe now Segway polo will catch on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway_polo
I so wish I had been making that up. - Nadare, on 07/03/2008, -0/+11"In Canada we pay three times as much"
Do your math first. We pay about $5.06 per gallon in Canada ( 3.78 Liters x $1.34 per liter in the GTA) versus about 4.10 the national average in the US. In reverse the Americans pay about $1.08/Liter. Give or take a few cents for currency conversion. - jbcsee, on 07/03/2008, -2/+11Sorry your just ***** insane. I'm a fat ass, I'll be the first to admit it, and I commute 10 miles each way on my bicycle. I don't need a shower at work when I get in, even on days where the temperature breaks 100.
I can do the commute in 30-35 minutes depending on how the traffic lights are behaving which is about twice as fast as you could do it on the segway.
Finally my round trip is just about outside the range of a segway but it's not even close to the range of my bicycle. The longest continuous ride I've done has been 68 miles in a little over 3.5 hrs. A segway has a max range of 25 miles. - Barackalypse, on 07/03/2008, -2/+11Why not buy an electric scooter for a quarter of the price and go twice as fast, 50% further per charge, all the while looking half as dorky?
http://urbanscooters.com/cgi-bin/urbanscooters/XB- ... - RusskiGuy, on 07/03/2008, -0/+8Seriously, I feel compelled to ask what the hell happened to bicycles and walking. This Segway thing kind of goes in hand with the obesity trends in the U.S.
- life38, on 07/03/2008, -3/+11Nothing better than being prepared to travel locally. Now can they make one so that you will not get wet in the rain?
- inactive, on 07/03/2008, -5/+13How in the ***** does that replace an oil-burning vehicle?
People only use this to replace walking. Because they're that ***** lazy. - ericjohnson0, on 07/03/2008, -3/+10Segways are great, but... ya gotta be careful or YOU may be in a 'faceplant' video...
http://thesaloon.net/blog/_archives/2008/6/30/3769 ... - olddirtycr, on 07/03/2008, -1/+8It also is water proof, has air conditioning, can fit 2 to 7 more people, can go way faster, when it runs out of power it doesnt make you faceplant, etc.
Why not get a bike? The only energy it burns is the kind you want to burn - Raiper, on 07/03/2008, -5/+11Dugg because Gob rides a Segway...
- Changa, on 07/03/2008, -0/+6He should have gotten the dork deflector option.
It projects the image of a guy in a Klingon outfit on a nearby wall. - Thrilltone, on 07/03/2008, -0/+6http://3DThrills.com/segways.jpg
- zyl0x, on 07/03/2008, -5/+11See, that's what happens when you haven't used a bicycle in 10 years. It's called being out of shape.
- mk3k, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5Give it a shot and then start talking about the sweaty thing. I was sweaty the first few days because I was out of shape, now I get much less so after my bike commute. I don't need a gym membership either now.
- waydee, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5Just walk... I do 4 miles a day and it takes me maybe 30-45 minutes each way, you get some fresh air and exercise and get to laugh at all the stupid ***** stuck in traffic.
Americans seem to have forgotten they have legs. - TsuruchiBrian, on 07/03/2008, -1/+6This invention already existed. It was called a scooter. The only difference is that a scooter has it's wheels in a much more effective configuration. Rather than using computers and control systems to keep you from falling down, scooters use the natural laws of physics (gyroscopic stabilization) to stay upright.
The ONLY benefit to using a segway over an electric scooter is that people seem to be in awe of how a segway can stay upright. As time progresses this effect on people will be less and less, and it will simply just be more expensive, less efficient, more heavy, and more prone to breaking. - elig, on 07/03/2008, -2/+7I don't get it. We ride everywhere in the Netherlands and don't stink when we're done. Nobody wears helmets (we don't need them - the roads were designed properly for cyclists), or takes showers on the other end.
Why do Americans get so smelly after the bicycle? From dodging cars? Speeding at 25 mph rather than 10-12? (Do you guys smell after you walk for 15 minutes, too?)
Or are you all just in such ***** shape that it's an exertion even to lift a foot up and down every few seconds?
P.S. This is a great intro to how cycling works here, vs. how it doesn't work in America:
http://bikeportland.org/2008/05/30/john-pucher-sho ... - jbcsee, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Why does everyone claim you need a shower after biking to work?! You don't, I rarely sweat on a bike unless I'm really pushing it. That is serious climbing or pushing faster then 25mph on a flat. For my average commute speed it's a sit and spin gear, nice and relaxed with a barely elevated heart rate.
- BigPapi, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5How long is the walk? 30 minutes tops? How lazy can one person be?
- AndreiOttawa, on 07/03/2008, -2/+61.4 miles is what, about 20-minute walk? What a lazy ass...
- fotoman, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4You can also get the poor mans version: http://www.zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/electric ... (although the picture they chose is obnoxious, you can still get the idea)
I've ridden one of these things and it gets up and moves, and the turning radius is fantastic. Also a little cheaper at $900. - diggerphelps, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4$5000+tax to save, what, $100 in gas?
If you walked, you'd save $5100, and lose some weight. - jsdratm, on 07/03/2008, -4/+8Segways are fun but come on, you could get an EPIC carbon fiber road bicycle for that price and have much better range and top speed. Maybe if people weren't too lazy to walk or bike we wouldn't have so many fat people either.
- hagfish70, on 07/03/2008, -2/+5Pffff. Get a bike, it's cheaper. And faster.
- jsdratm, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3I walk to work every day and I don't stink. Also, if you are in shape you don't sweat enough to have body odor after a several mile commute. A lot of places have showers you can use too.
- girwen, on 07/03/2008, -3/+6convert a vespa to electric?
- ZodiacKiller, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3Until the Segway came out, I used to think two guys kissing was considered gay.
- qetuo, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3You can get a free bike from freecycle.
- ttam, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3 Where could you possibly go on a segway that you couldn't walk?
- Vodd9, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3It is a problem for an increasing number of Americans...
- jerkychew, on 07/03/2008, -1/+45 Grand? You could get a brand new Ninja 250 for roughly that cost, and be a lot less nerdy. 70MPG is pretty good for a fully street legal vehicle IMHO.
- TsuruchiBrian, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3Scooters don't work on sidewalks?
Also traveling on sidewalks doesn't mean you get to avoid red lights. Pedestrians must obey traffic lights as well (i.e. the ones with the big red hand and the little green man). Also you are not sitting at red lights you are standing at red lights. - BigPapi, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3"Actually I think that Americans are spoiled when it comes to gas prices, and since your country consumes more oil than most other countries it's about time you had to pay for it."
Yes I agree that we use far too much oil, but when you break down the numbers, Canada's oil usage per person is right on par with the US. Canada's population is about 11% of the US while their oil consumption is about 10% of the US. I'm looking forward to the BMW hybrids and diesels too. - mogebier, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4So the high price of gas is making people spend $5000+ on one of these??
Wow, what amazingly smart people. Dumbasses. How long does it take you to spend that much on gas?? A long freaking time. - almightyobo, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2as segway sales rise so does obesity rates, soon we will be the #1 fattest country again, look out aussies
ive yet to figure out why anyone would ever buy a segway.. it doesnt replace driving, it replaces walking. you cant take your segway to get groceries, and you cant ride it on any actual road. you can go further, faster, and much cheaper on a bike, not to mention get great exercise will doing so. - zyl0x, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3Truzseeker comes from a long line of marginally successful snakeoil salesmen. He knows what he's talking about.
- mk3k, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2I sweat about equally riding my bike as I do in my car during the summer.
Get in shape and you won't be so freaken smelly. -
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