Some thoughts on all the
Segway/
it/
Ginger noise extracted from several emails with a coworker.
....They are rechargeable, supposedly it costs $0.10 to charge it for some 10-15 mi of travel.
Rich
squares and others are saying stuff like "it's bigger then the
internet".
wtf, it's a scooter! I'm all about
cheap clean ways to travel lightly but come on, i can get a
mountain bike for $200-. I can go down (or up some) stairs on a bike, use NO electricity, and it'd be a lot more fun on the
weekends! All this thing will do is make clean, economical travel hip, since that
concept is now something sleeker then everyone else's concepts. Besides anyone can own a bike, how
marketable is that.
Rich wierdos and
US-funded mailmen will ride them around sometime next year, they'll be featured in the next teeny-bopper
movie, we'll watch
avant garde TV commercials, etc. I'm keeping my
XT-350, thanks. I did some quick math and it costs me $0.01 to go 10-15 miles, and I bet I was going a lot faster then 12
mph.
And I have heard that "revolutionize the world" stuff before too.
I think the
Segway is to personal transportation what the
ATX power supply is to
PC's. It's a new way of achieving something boring that people have already been doing for ages, via
bikes
skateboards and
scooters, just with a new
perks and go-faster stripes. And, as far as ATX goes (and the Segway will go) a few new pains in the ass. You doubt me? Just wait until your stuck behind a
flock of them at the mall or getting your toes crushed on a sidewalk. Or one of 'em rides in your blind spot at
Wal-Mart and you mow him over. Surely some
crazy will put a weed eater engine on the thing and create a new
road hazard, earning the stares of hot chicks. Well, ok I guess that'd be kinda cool, at least until he hits a
pothole at 30 mph, is critically injured and sues the city transportation department.