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"Segway still a novelty "
I've seen them around DC three different times. They're still a novelty to
me. They still turn my head when I see them although I'll never buy one. "Mike" wrote in message om... Segway still a novelty The Segway, the two-wheeled, auto-balancing scooter that makes use of five gyroscopes, has garnered unprecedented media attention. Yet the Segway — battery-powered and traveling at speeds up to 12 mph, touted as a transportation revolution — is still a rarity. http://www.washtimes.com/culture/200...2842-7522r.htm |
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"Segway still a novelty "
Mike wrote:
Segway still a novelty The Segway, the two-wheeled, auto-balancing scooter that makes use of five gyroscopes, has garnered unprecedented media attention. Yet the Segway — battery-powered and traveling at speeds up to 12 mph, touted as a transportation revolution — is still a rarity. http://www.washtimes.com/culture/200...102842-7522r.- htmhttp://www.washtimes.com/culture/20030710-102842-7522r.htm Might have something to do with it's 5K price tag?!? -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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"Segway still a novelty "
heater wrote in news:3f0f72c5$1_4
@news.chariot.net.au: Might have something to do with it's 5K price tag?!? Definately. The thing is work $1K at most. You can get a decent motorcycle for $5K. |
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"Segway still a novelty "
In article ink.net,
mark wrote: "Ken" wrote Might have something to do with it's 5K price tag?!? Definately. The thing is work $1K at most. You can get a decent motorcycle for $5K. Better yet, you can get a really nice bicycle for $5k -- mark Or 2 or 3 very good bicycles. |
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"Segway still a novelty "
Or a very nice used motorcycle and a couple of very nice new bicycles.
That Segway thing might be useful for an old guy with bad legs working in a big warehouse, but that's about it. -- - GRL "It's good to want things." Steve Barr (philosopher, poet, humorist, chemist, Visual Basic programmer) "Leonard Migliore" wrote in message ... In article ink.net, mark wrote: "Ken" wrote Might have something to do with it's 5K price tag?!? Definately. The thing is work $1K at most. You can get a decent motorcycle for $5K. Better yet, you can get a really nice bicycle for $5k -- mark Or 2 or 3 very good bicycles. |
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"Segway still a novelty "
Ken wrote:
heater wrote in news:3f0f72c5$1_4 @news.chariot.net.au: Might have something to do with it's 5K price tag?!? Probably not, the market they are aiming at are the people who aren't quite ready to acquiesce to using an electric wheelchair. They are faster than the hideous little electric scooters[1] and also have something resembling balance, which the mobility carts don't. The big problem for the mobility market is the need to stand. I'll never get a Segway. My walking ability is tolerable. My bicycling ability is surprisingly good. I can't stand worth a damn. Definately. The thing is work $1K at most. You can get a decent motorcycle for $5K. But can you take your motorcycle into an office building? The Segway is a mobility assistance device, not a travelling long distances device. -M [1] 4.5 mph TOP speed. I regularly hit 12 mph in my manual wheelchair. I was pretty ****ed when the insurance company took away my wheelchair and replaced it with a mobility cart. Even if it did make me do more crutching about and certainly helped with the walking in the long term .... it was a nasty, hideous, slow, unwieldy ... etcetera. |
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