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June 9, 2008 7:21 p.m. Snowdoggie New Reader
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June 9, 2008 7:34 p.m. ignorant SuperDork
I was at the segway R&D center last week. A friend is an engineer there. No helmet no ride..
She also hit another segway while driving.. moron...
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June 9, 2008 7:59 p.m. Snowdoggie New Reader
ignorant wrote: I was at the segway R&D center last week. A friend is an engineer there. No helmet no ride..
Funny. They told me the same thing at REI when I was looking at Mountain Bikes.
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June 9, 2008 8:04 p.m. ignorant SuperDork
Snowdoggie wrote:
ignorant wrote: I was at the segway R&D center last week. A friend is an engineer there. No helmet no ride..
Funny. They told me the same thing at REI when I was looking at Mountain Bikes.
It's funny but thats what I was told there..
They make a sweet wheelchair as well.. the ibot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK5uAeEV7tI
Climbs stairs.
They are working on Luke a really sweet robotic arm.. neato thinky tanky place
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June 9, 2008 8:47 p.m. Woodyhfd HalfDork
My father has a couple of Segways. They're very intuitive and easy to operate, but you definitely do not want to hit a solid object with only one wheel at a time. They'll subject you to a nasty combination of momentum, leverage and repair costs in a hurry. Just ask the woman in the video.
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June 10, 2008 9:45 a.m. GlennS Reader
lol well done
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June 10, 2008 10:10 a.m. therex Dork
I had hoped it would be the woman who was kicking her legs out. :( d'oh!
Segways are stupid.
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June 10, 2008 4:14 p.m. boofighter HalfDork
therex wrote: I had hoped it would be the woman who was kicking her legs out. :( d'oh!
Segways are stupid.
that was my vote a the start as well. you want stupid, you can pay to take a demonstration ride here in edmonton. a the west edmonton wall, they will charge you 10 bucks to ride a segway for about ten min. you have to ride it in a small petting zoo type area and a operator watching at all times. since when do you have to pay for a test drive?
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June 10, 2008 4:34 p.m. RX Reven' New Reader
boofighter said:since when do you have to pay for a test drive
Um, it's called dating
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June 11, 2008 10:54 a.m. seann New Reader
jeeze, that ladies face bounced
In Chicago, they have cops on segways. I have mixed feelings about segways, they make it possible to get through your entire day without any exorcise. Before you at least had to walk to your bus stop or car. It's sort of like scooters, I see them and think: man that would be so cool, but if it's nice enough to ride a scooter, I could be on my bike and I'd rather peddle.
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June 11, 2008 6:19 p.m. BobOfTheFuture New Reader
wow. these move faster then I thought.
challenge legal?
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June 11, 2008 7:17 p.m. Luke HalfDork
^I bet they'd blitz the autocross.
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June 12, 2008 7:19 a.m. Wally SuperDork
Michelin had a few to try out at Lime Rock a few years ago. As uncoordinated as I am it seemed fairly simple to use.
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June 12, 2008 8:19 p.m. neon4891 HalfDork
umm, ouch
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June 13, 2008 5:43 a.m. 914Driver HalfDork
Ah, the curse of open wheels....
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