Question: In A World That Loves Tech Toys, Why Didn't The Segway Catch On?

Elias Graves

Elias Graves

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EG
 
I dont know, seems like tons of people would have been interested in cameltoe, er, i mean, the segway. :embarrassed:
 
I'm guessing it's because you look ridiculous riding one. That and I think I can walk as fast as one of those things goes. One of the guys in the district has one setup up as a golf cart. It carries his bag, beer etc. We rip him mercilessly about the segway golf cart.
 
Not to detract from the crotch shot, but it probably didn't help matters any when the owner of the company drove one off a cliff. :embarrassed:
 
I always wanted to see one without the long T-bar handle.

If you think about it....

cool:
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UNcool:
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So a segway that you ride like a skateboard, even if it had a little hand held device with a cable... would be many times cooler than leaning forward on a two wheeled scooter.
 
The cost.

They did catch on - Security patrol in huge malls. Customer info assistants in the hotel concourses in Vegas, rental units for tourists, execs in sprawling tech company campuses...
Other than that, you don't see them much in every day life, do you?

There is one in my city. I've seen it once. It wasn't the one shown in the original post.
 
FWIW, the guy that drove off the cliff was NEW owner of the company, not the guy that invented it and recently sold the company.

Frankly, I always wanted one of those things but can't justify the $5,000 when I need to walk more anyway.
 
I dunno. There were a bunch of people out on segways when I was riding my bike the other week and I blew past them like they were standing still.

They're goofy, dorky looking, expensive and SLOW. If I can blast by on my bike and leave them in my dust, I mean, serious - thousands of $ for that?
 
I've ridden one, and it was fun as hell.
But damn, they do look dorky.
 
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