Segway i2 now available in Metallic Sage, still not inviting
By Darren Murph 
posted May 2nd 2008 7:50PM
posted May 2nd 2008 7:50PM
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posted May 2nd 2008 7:50PM
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Sage? Puhleeze. I'm waiting on persimmon...or houndstooth.
i'm a fan of bronzeberry frost, myself
periwinkle blue for me.
I'm more of a natural tone kind of guy - maybe sand or bone would be nice.
Burberry or Louie Vuitton is what I'm waiting for.
Still a bit too pricy to make any sense for the masses to buy into.
I'm still waiting for them to make the Segway Centaur a reality.
After that they can fiddle with their color swaths till their heads turn metallic sage.
The Segway Centaur is truly amazing! I had a short ride on one.
Sike? Seriously? The word is "psyche". Not to mention the fact that the 90's ended over 8 years ago.
The 90s are OVER?!?! I've been living a lie for the last 8 years!
i still hear more 90s than 2000s music on the radio
Oh, they meant psyche. I was wondering if that was the writer's signature. Sike? Good lord...
Well, if you really want to be anal, it would be "psych". "Psyche" is pronounced "SI-kee".
Still, I do hate "sike".
HAHAHA... Sike. Who says that? Cool people, that's who.
sage
I do realize that they look pretty dorky, but I've ridden one and have say that it was a lot of fun. If I had the money to blow, I'd get one.
I don't see them as the vehicle of the future, but the Segway is certainly a good place to start.
Zencyde - yer serioulsy such a spaz, like seriously to the max.
Ittttttttttt's the FINAL COUNTDOWN!
GOB Bluth? Arrested Development anyone? Bueller?
haha nice I love that show.
I took two Segway tours at Disney World last month. They were the best ride there. I don't think you should knock them unless you have tried them. Amazing machines. The X2 model is an incredible off road version.
I regret to inform you guys that this vehicle has yet to be legalised in the UK. :(
What's the holdup?
@Paul: may cause danger to other pedestrians and not enough cycle lanes, apparently.
im in a wheelchair because i can only walk a few hundred feet at a time, but i can stand no problem, so every once in a while i think about getting one of these. but then i come to my senses, thank god, and start laughing like crazy.
so consider this, segway-riding dweebs, my opinion of you: i would literally rather be in a wheelchair than get caught riding a segway.
sage.
in all fields.
i c wat u did thare
they need to make removable handles
cuz they r useless and not cool
ummmmmm then where do you hold on?
Lets say somewhere painfully
handles r for old woman
green goblin platform ftw
Handles are there for holding, turning and to push into your chest when you're going too fast for the machine to cope with and stop you going arse over tit.
It could really use a nice Zune dock in between the handlebars. That would make a big difference for me.
Gene Simmons green.... now *that's* 'metallic sage' for ya! Note: This comment not only tongue in cheek, it's tongue in *that* cheek!)
Didn't the usps try these things for their mail carriers? Do they still use them? I'll bet theirs a patriotic red, white, and blue.
I have never, ever seen one of these outside of California, putting it in a category of such things as Scientology clinics and rich homeless people.
I've seen a few up here in Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada). We also have Scientologists.
Segway website sez:
"If you’re not as concerned about durability, consider the i2 in Gloss White or the newly minted Metallic Sage. These are brighter painted versions of the LeanSteer frame that’ll lend a shinier look to your daily glide.
The i2 Metallic Sage is an interesting color. Some say it’s goldish. Others say it’s silvery-green. We’ll let you decide for yourself as you enjoy its dynamic appeal in various lighting conditions. The metallic underbody grabs the changing light while the Segway wordmark is presented in an off-white green with a subtle outline above the gray i2 logomark indicated below."
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When they put it like that, I just can't resist. Good copy makes me bust out my wallet immediately and forget that it's more than just colour. It's about how others perceive me and how I perceive myself. Segway, god bless you. I love your work and just how much you know me.
I can't resist.
I'm pretty certain its an identical paintjob to the one in Ironman. Is this a new paintjob? It would be highly "coincidental" if the new Segway and a movie with one in it came out on the same day.
OH WOW!!! I just realized that Tony Starks partner in Iron Man was riding one of those... Segways... I thought they had died a horrible gyroscopic death... is that possible???
proud owner of a black I2. You can talk all you want until you get on one. For me, that's what did it, so for all of you bloggers and reviewers who have never tried. Go! Any segway owner will let you try one because the first reaction tends to be pretty amazing to watch.
I was driving past the Pentagon parking lot on Route 110 two weeks ago and saw the Pentagon Police training on these things. There were about 10 of them standing around watching one cop weave his Segway through some orange cones. I was laughing so hard I almost ran off the road.
If I had 5 to 6k on me right now,I'd be at the local dealer in a heartbeat.
It's too bad it's so easy to laugh at someone with a Segway. I rode one of those things at Disney World a month ago, and it was actually pretty fun. I wouldn't ride it everywhere instead of walking, but I can imagine something like that would be really useful in a major city.
This will help you get that image of "White & Nerdy".
I don't much care about color, if they weren't prohibitively expensive, I'd grab one.
I thought this vehicle was supposed to change the way people used urban transportation. This turned out to be the Zune of vehicles.
Which is why it should have a Zune dock. They go well together!
Seen some tourists in NYC looking like idiots and knowing the look stupid as they try to avoid running into pedestrians.
Might be fun at Disney world but then that place is stupid as well so why not use it there.
Even funnier is watching the fools put plastic raincoats on when it rained. Their glasses steamed up... what a mess... still great to laugh at.
=D My aunt is looking into the legality of these things in Japan.
I have serious hip problems, and will be going to school in Tokyo. I can't walk far distances, or ride a bike. She wants me to have something like this or to somehow magically afford a taxi everywhere, which I have to take traffic into account when I go to school. I already will be living an hour away by public transportation, and I don't even want to think about how early I'll be getting out to go to school.
I think they look dorky as hell, but they go at a decent speed, and will help me commute back and forth places. I'll use it.