http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/I suppose this would properly show my speechlessness......]]>Nov 5th 2007 4:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/
this must be the ultimate segway, must be faily pricey at more than the AU$10,000 stock version ]]>Nov 5th 2007 5:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/
I'm utterly shocked that someone would waste their money on a segway, let alone waste their money doing THAT to it...]]>Nov 5th 2007 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/
I didn't think it was possible to be more of a tool than to owning a seqway. I stand corrected!]]>Nov 5th 2007 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/
It's no workout like a bike, but it's not like plopping your ass into a seat, starting the car, and pressing on the gas.

You have to actively balance yourself on a segway, not to mention you are in an upright position--much more strain than sitting down. Strain makes muscles move, muscles moving are working. So a segway is more of a workout than a car.

I would have one if I lived downtown. I see a bunch of people riding them around, and not only do they look quite fun, but I bet that I would lose a few pounds using this to get back and forth to work instead of my car. I'd also bet that I'd get home faster too.

The point of these devices aren't to make people get fatter--it's to get people out of cars and back on the sidewalks. Most people (95%) live within 30miles of everything they need. A lot (85%) live within 15miles. Half live within 5 miles of everything they need.

You are telling me that you wouldn't ditch a:

car payment, gas bill, finding parking, paying meters, traffic jams, construction, and all the other hassles of driving a car for this?

I understand about weather. I know a car would be very useful in this instance, and I can see where some areas of the country would be unable to use one of these. But for in the city? A quick trip to the store to get milk would be so much easier to just hop on your segway and get out and back.

My .02 right there.]]>Nov 5th 2007 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Nov 5th 2007 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/
I said that MOST people don't need to go any further than 30 miles every day. This is true. You don't need a car that CAN go 200-300 miles before it runs out of gas, when all you are doing is back and forth back to work day in and day out.

So yes, while I can see if you use your car more than that per day a segway with it's 15 mile range (less on some models) or if you live in a area with a lot of hills... But otherwise, it's all bulls**t that having a segway makes you lazy.]]>Nov 5th 2007 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/]]>Nov 5th 2007 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/
For a shop that is supposed to be providing "custom" mods, I'm not seeing a whole lot of originality here.
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Segway Jousting!]]>Nov 6th 2007 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/Dec 24th 2007 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/05/customized-segways-leave-us-speechless/
So now we can all get back into our cars and as we sit in bumper to bumper traffic steaming, we can make fun of the Segway person gliding by you. ]]>Jan 7th 2008 5:05PM