Spotted a Segway in Calgary downtown!

[keroppi]

While I was admiring a pass-by Volvo V70R (Charcoal Gray + brown leather... nice!) at the intersection of 8Ave and 6St SW, there's suddenly a Segway passed by!

Sorry guys, I was in a shock that I didn't remember to take a picture of it with my cam phone. I didn't expect to see one in Calgary... and it moves so fast. Well, not really a car, but it has 2 wheels so think that it's counted as a street encounter ;-)

[EK 2.0]

SWEET, I didnt think those existed outside of Hollywood...

[3g4me]

sweet, i want one.

[rage2]

They rent 'em in tons of larger cities. Vegas has tons of 'em.

I played with one when I was in Hawaii, it was pretty cool. Wife couldn't catch up to me haha. There's a key for 3 different modes/speeds, but the rentals only had the slow key.

[3g4me]

how fast do they go?

[RX-7_TWINTURBO]

yeah i've seen a business man cruizing around stephen ave on a segway it's pretty cool looking

[CRXguy]

Originally posted by rage2
Wife couldn't catch up to me haha.

you're a bad liar!! :rofl:

[Redlyne_mr2]

Haha those things are such spode-tron mobiles who would ride one of those?

[3g4me]

Its so that lazy ass north americans who dont want to burn those extra calories going for lunch to Mc Dicks can get fatter and fatter. LLLLAAAAAZZZZZYYYYY.
"I wash myself with a rag on a stick." (bart simpson)

[Benny]

I heard those got recalled or something...

[A_3]

Wow soooo lazy... i can think of the guy that invented it now... some 400 pound American... "WALKINGS FOR SUCKERS". lol i'd still want one though.

[car]

i saw those things in downtown vancouver last week too, a couple window shopping with these

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by 3g4me
how fast do they go?

With the fast key, it's should top 12mph/20kph.

Speical mod for a company took it up to 15mph.

San Francisco has banned all these scooter type vehicle because of injuries.

Recall is due to scooter falling when juices runs out and it can't balance itself anymore.

[girlRACER]

Originally posted by Redlyne_mr2
Haha those things are such spode-tron mobiles who would ride one of those?

If you wore three inch heels you'd want one too! I know I would :D

[dj_honda]

Originally posted by A_3
Wow soooo lazy... i can think of the guy that invented it now... some 400 pound American... "WALKINGS FOR SUCKERS". lol i'd still want one though.

actually the inventor was dean kamen i believe.....
hes done quite a bit for medical science, and is crazy rich (and not fat hahaha). i believe he has quite a few patents etc and he does quite a bit for chariites/ children. he was on CNN a while back.

[brandon]

yea I was watching tlc or something and they were doing testing because they wanted to give them to the united states postal service to use.

[EK 2.0]

Imagine the F&F bug hitting the owners of those...Man I can just see it now...

*begin daydream sequence*

"Hey dude, whatcha pushing outta that??"

"Well, I did the voltage regulator mod, so I think around 400 amps at the wheels"


and then some random comes up...

"You almost had me, you NEVER had me, you never had your Segway...Not beinding your knees, elbows out like you should...You are lucky you didnt blow out the capacitors..."


*end daydream sequence*

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by dj_honda


actually the inventor was dean kamen i believe.....
hes done quite a bit for medical science, and is crazy rich (and not fat hahaha). i believe he has quite a few patents etc and he does quite a bit for chariites/ children. he was on CNN a while back.

you just explaind everything right there

CRAZY RICH

not fat

honestly, if you were rich and could afford liposuction, wouldnt u?

[habsfan]

this summer i saw a chick on one here in niagara falls. it was downtown on clifton hill.

[/////AMG]

How much do they go for?