"Segway still a novelty "

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Segway still a novelty The Segway, the two-wheeled, auto-balancing scooter that makes use of five
gyroscopes, has garnered unprecedented media attention. Yet the Segway — battery-powered and
traveling at speeds up to 12 mph, touted as a transportation revolution — is still a rarity.
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Might have something to do with it's 5K price tag?!?

I've seen them around DC three different times. They're still a novelty to
me. They still turn my head when I see them although I'll never buy one.

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Segway still a novelty The Segway, the two-wheeled, auto-balancing scooter that makes use of five
gyroscopes, has garnered unprecedented media attention. Yet the Segway — battery-powered and
traveling at speeds up to 12 mph, touted as a transportation revolution — is still a rarity.
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heater <[email hidden]> wrote in news:3f0f72c5$1_4 @news.chariot.net.au:

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Might have something to do with it's 5K price tag?!?

Definately. The thing is work $1K at most. You can get a decent motorcycle for $5K.

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Might have something to do with it's 5K price tag?!?

Definately. The thing is work $1K at most. You can get a decent

motorcycle

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for $5K.

Better yet, you can get a really nice bicycle for $5k
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Might have something to do with it's 5K price tag?!?

Definately. The thing is work $1K at most. You can get a decent

motorcycle

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for $5K.

Better yet, you can get a really nice bicycle for $5k
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mark

Or 2 or 3 very good bicycles.

Or a very nice used motorcycle and a couple of very nice new bicycles.

That Segway thing might be useful for an old guy with bad legs working in a big warehouse, but
that's about it.

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"It's good to want things."

Steve Barr (philosopher, poet, humorist, chemist, Visual Basic programmer)
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"Ken" wrote

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> Might have something to do with it's 5K price tag?!?

Definately. The thing is work $1K at most. You can get a decent

motorcycle

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for $5K.

Better yet, you can get a really nice bicycle for $5k
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mark

Or 2 or 3 very good bicycles.

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Or a very nice used motorcycle and a couple of very nice new bicycles.

That Segway thing might be useful for an old guy with bad legs working in a big warehouse, but
that's about it.

You know a week after he got one of those he'd be asking for a seat anyway. 🙂
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heater <[email hidden]> wrote in news:3f0f72c5$1_4 @news.chariot.net.au:

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Might have something to do with it's 5K price tag?!?

Probably not, the market they are aiming at are the people who aren't quite ready to acquiesce to
using an electric wheelchair. They are faster than the hideous little electric scooters[1] and also
have something resembling balance, which the mobility carts don't. The big problem for the mobility
market is the need to stand.

I'll never get a Segway. My walking ability is tolerable. My bicycling ability is surprisingly good.
I can't stand worth a damn.

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Definately. The thing is work $1K at most. You can get a decent motorcycle for $5K.

But can you take your motorcycle into an office building?

The Segway is a mobility assistance device, not a travelling long distances device.

-M

[1] 4.5 mph TOP speed. I regularly hit 12 mph in my manual wheelchair. I was pretty [censored] when the
insurance company took away my wheelchair and replaced it with a mobility cart. Even if it did
make me do more crutching about and certainly helped with the walking in the long term ... it
was a nasty, hideous, slow, unwieldy ... etcetera.