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RC45
10-04-2004, 12:37 AM
Well - we spent a couple hours in Galveston playing with some rental Segways... what a blast.

I can't wait for them to start showing up as used equipment - these should be fun when modded with power adders.. :twisted:

http://img23.exs.cx/img23/6840/segvette.th.jpg (http://img23.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img23&image=segvette.jpg)

A short video is to follow... :)

http://img42.exs.cx/img42/8771/segway_day.jpg
TT
10-04-2004, 04:45 AM
The video is in the vault :D can't wait to check it out LOL! i'd like to test a Segway myself asap!!
Anonymous
10-04-2004, 04:49 AM
Cool looks like fun, must download Quicktime first though LOL
mvu00
10-04-2004, 05:41 AM
ahahahahaaaa

did they make you wear the helmet or was that out of fear for your life ;)
possessed_beaver
10-04-2004, 06:10 AM
awsome, what are the segway's like to use? i haven't seen one yet alone ridden one.
RC45
10-04-2004, 10:18 AM
The rental spot insisted on the helmet (as it qualifies under the bicycle exemption for street use)

The Segway is piss easy to use - in fact, if you can master standing in front of a urinal or sitting in a chair or using an escalator - you can use the Segway.

I have no doubt even those from continental Europe could master it... :P :lol:
Caplax40
10-04-2004, 10:21 AM
Me and my friend rode a Segway in the Michelin booth at the USGP. They were great fun I must say!! :lol:
evoWalo
10-14-2004, 12:23 PM
Just wanna ask... do you guys think Segways are just "toys"? I'm thinking of getting one and one of my girlfriends said I just wanted to have another toy.
RC45
10-14-2004, 12:58 PM
It's just a toy... even after having a couple hours of fun - it provided no excercise value, stimulation or added functionality - just a mechanism to g;ide down the side walk... even kids on skateboards and chicks on roller-blades passed us up laughing.. :P
Anonymous
10-14-2004, 01:13 PM
It's just a toy... even after having a couple hours of fun - it provided no excercise value, stimulation or added functionality - just a mechanism to g;ide down the side walk... even kids on skateboards and chicks on roller-blades passed us up laughing.. :P

Of course Fat americans can get to their fridge on it * Comes out of stereotype mode* :P :wink: BTW i finally got quicktime and it looked like fun, though i'm not sure who could manage to do themselves serious harm on one :lol:
BADMIHAI
10-14-2004, 01:16 PM
even kids on skateboards and chicks on roller-blades passed us up laughing..




That might be for some other reason. :wink:


I have no doubt even those from continental Europe could master it...


Then the Americans will never learn how to use it. :mrgreen:


I still think it looks like crap and any grown man riding one looks like a retard. No offence intended, of course. :|
Dal
10-14-2004, 05:05 PM
I have no doubt even those from continental Europe could master it... :P :lol:

was it not your president that managed to fall off of a segway??? :P
RC45
10-14-2004, 05:18 PM
I have no doubt even those from continental Europe could master it... :P :lol:

was it not your president that managed to fall off of a segway??? :P

Who knows - if you begin to step off it it will instantly fall over...
evoWalo
10-14-2004, 08:53 PM
Do you mean this?

http://www.bikexprt.com/witness/product/images/bushfalls.jpg

Bush is kinda old so you cant expect him to balance on a new fangled gadget.
BADMIHAI
10-14-2004, 10:39 PM
The Segway is piss easy to use - in fact, if you can master standing in front of a urinal or sitting in a chair or using an escalator - you can use the Segway.




...yet Mr. Bush couldn't use it. :roll:
evoWalo
10-22-2004, 05:46 AM
Did either Top Gear or Fifth Gear review the Segway?
possessed_beaver
10-22-2004, 09:48 AM
The Segway is piss easy to use - in fact, if you can master standing in front of a urinal or sitting in a chair or using an escalator - you can use the Segway.

but someone running a country as powerful as america has trouble using it..
evoWalo
10-22-2004, 10:01 AM
the official statement from the Whitehouse said he got on it when it was off.
possessed_beaver
10-22-2004, 10:11 AM
the official statement from the Whitehouse said he got on it when it was off.

damn thoes on/off switch's can be confusing!!!

bit like thoes reports into weapons off mass destruction.
evoWalo
10-22-2004, 10:22 AM
the official statement from the Whitehouse said he got on it when it was off.

damn thoes on/off switch's can be confusing!!!

bit like thoes reports into weapons off mass destruction.
To tell you the truth, it is... :) I've tested one out a couple of days ago (http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=18658) and if you dont read the manual or if someone didnt orient you with it you'd think it would stand on its own all the time. Dubya doesnt come accross to me as someone who'd keep track of the latest of geek toys or read owner's manual.

Anyway Segways turn on using different keys corresponding to your level of readiness. I've tried the beginner setting for about 5 mins and it was a bit orienting. It feels a bit like falling when you move forward or back but you dont fall. When you ride one you have to keep thinking that you're not gonna fall and this is how it works. Stopping is a simple press of the red button.
dingo
10-22-2004, 10:32 AM
I'm thinking of getting one and one of my girlfriends said I just wanted to have another toy.

exactly how many girlfriends do you have, mine won't let me get another one. :lol:
evoWalo
10-22-2004, 10:44 AM
I'm thinking of getting one and one of my girlfriends said I just wanted to have another toy.

exactly how many girlfriends do you have, mine won't let me get another one. :lol:
oops... what i ment was a female friend. i have a habit of asking women's inputs whenever i do stuff like buy this car, that segway, take up martial arts, learn a new language, etc.