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They make several seats and a power hitch lift specifically for Segways.]]>Feb 9th 2008 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Mar 4th 2008 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/I can stand all day. I can't walk down my drive-way.


Segway can go where bicycles can't.



]]>Nov 27th 2008 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/
A) The Segway is not as expensive as people think. Yes of course five grand is a fair bit of money, but think of hoe much money people spend on public transportation in the big city over a few years. No, it's not as affordable as a bike or a cheap electric scooter, but I pay about $112 a month in financing charges for mine. I save at least that much by no longer having to take the bus / subway / cabs / use my car all the time and pay for gas and parking.

B) It saves so much time. I always get places faster than I would get there using my car or public transportation.

C) It goes in and out of buildings with ease, and has a stair-assist mode. It is about as wide as a person's shoulders. It fits through doorways easily and most elevators have no problem with it. I lock mine up outside buildings all the time. It has an alarm mode, won't start without the key, and is too heavy for a thief to quickly carry away.

D) It's completely sealed and waterproof. They test them by running them through a foot and a half of water. I love leaving it out in the rain because it cleans off the dirt. :-)

E) The Segway is a BLAST to ride. 12.5 mph is pretty damn fast on the sidewalk, and it is so responsive that it feels connected to your body. I rode mine about 10 miles through downtown DC today in 90 degree heat, up and down hills, but didn't break a sweat because I had a great breeze the whole time. And it's very stable if you learn how to ride it properly (i.e. don't do stupid things like take turns too fast).

F) The embarrassment factor reduces itself after a few goes. Yes, if you *think* you look like a dork, you will feel self-conscious. But riding it is so much fun, you really don't care what people think. I will admit that all eyes are always on me, but in reality most people are just intrigued, and plenty of people think it looks very cool. I'll promise you this: no matter how dorky it might look to some people, EVERYONE wants to take a ride.

There is interest in the machine. People kept stopping me to ask where I got it, and yes they asked how much it cost but they didn't balk at the price as much as you might think. The problem is that the marketing sucked and there was WAY too much hype and it soured everyone on the machine even though it is incredibly innovative, fun, and useful.

Plenty more Segway thoughts, pictures and video at my personal Segway blog, http://www.beforeisleep.net/labels/segway.html :-)

Matt
]]>Sep 7th 2007 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 8th 2007 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/]]>Sep 8th 2007 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 8th 2007 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 8th 2007 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/
AH]]>Sep 8th 2007 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 9th 2007 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Well first of all....never let the President of the United States struggle with one of this things...... this picture is burned into the minds of Millions of people and its gonna take Millions of Dollars to reinstall the segway as a safe vehicle.......so thats why: REBRAND / REDESIGN]]>Sep 7th 2007 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 8th 2007 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/
Otherwise, it is way to geeky, to slow and to expensive.

Why not buy a bike with an electrical engine?
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http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=segway_more_complicated_than_it_needs_to_be]]>Sep 9th 2007 3:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/
i like bicycles not just for exercise but for getting around short distances and touring around new places. if i can *afford* a segway and it's relatively portable i'd get one.]]>Sep 7th 2007 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/
i live in tokyo and i always thought that a good portion of the millions of bicyle riders here would trade in their bikes for a segway if it was easy to park(small/portable) and affordable.

]]>Sep 7th 2007 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/
Riding a bike will keep you in shape during the commute while riding a Segway allows you to eat a Big Mac as you commute. Bike wins, hands down.]]>Sep 7th 2007 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/
The only think making the Segway useless to consumers is the price. For $5000 I can get a pretty nice used car, or a really, really nice moped, or an high-end electric bike PLUS an expensive hooker.

I'm just sayin'...

Lower the price. WAY lower. There's NOTHING about the Segway that warrants that price tag. If you want it to be a toy for rich people, keep it in the thousands. If you want to revolutionize the way common people get around, sell it for under $800 and make it available in the mall.]]>Sep 7th 2007 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/
Err, there's nothing about the margin costs of the Segway that keeps the cost high, but they sunk a good chunk of change on R&D, that's money they're not going to be seeing for quite a while. It's still economical for them to stay in business and make just a few hundred at a time; it'd be nice if they could drop the cost to make a few thousand at a time, but it's gotta be hard after considering how much they invested. (It'd be especially bad if it turns out Kamen can't sell the increased inventory too, who the hell are you going to liquidate them to?)]]>Sep 9th 2007 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 8th 2007 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 10th 2007 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.forbes.com/2003/11/04/cx_dl_1104vow.html) which I'd have died for, and which I would still sell my car to buy.

Balanced like a Segway from the sound of it, but this was a single wheeler you sat on like a motorcycle, and it actually looked hot, was supposed to have halfway decent performance and range, and was street legal i.e. it was meant to be registered as a road vehicle.]]>Sep 8th 2007 3:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/1) Freeway legal
2) Thumpin' stereo with crazy wicked bass
3) Hands free cell phone abilites
4) Rims dawg
5) Hydraulics (I know I know, that's a given.)
6) Airhorn for all those damn Lark riders
7) Air foil for cornering, like the old Porsche's had.
8) Loud, fake exhaust can
9) Super fresh graphics
10) Mega phone to talk to the honeys!
Any questions?
8) ]]>Sep 7th 2007 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 8th 2007 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 8th 2007 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 8th 2007 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/how-would-you-change-the-segway/Sep 7th 2007 9:37PM