View Full Version : Ever played on a Segway?
whitbaby
09-20-2013, 14:35
Got in on a Groupon for a half-price, two-hour. ride on a Segway. Groupon is expired now, was $30 each.
http://rockytopglide.com/
(http://rockytopglide.com/)
Wifey and I took the ride this morning and had a great time.
They give you a dorky looking, good, half-helmet and twenty minutes instruction then lead you all over LoDo and down to Coors Field and numerous parks in Denver...about six or seven miles. We were lucky as we were the only ones signed up for this morning run so it was just us and the instructor/guide.
The first couple blocks on this $6K machine were a little tentative, but after that you learn to relax. It's different than anything you've ever done and there is nothing really 'natural' about it, but it comes quickly.
You go forward and back with forward or back weight shift on your feet. They actually will back up. The T-handle steering bar doesn't really turn like a scooter, you lean the bar in the direction you want to go. It can actually spin about in place when stopped if you're so inclined or just want to show off. They go up and down ramps effortlessly, stairs not recommended.
They'll go 13 MPH and can accelerate quite briskly if you want to. They stop quickly if you really rear back on it. When you are stopped without dismounting you kind of 'hover' in place.
It was really enjoyable, if you get a chance try it out.
muddywings
09-20-2013, 15:09
didn't the guy who invented it, ride off a cliff in one of them???? Just sayin....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPGUIpv-JxI
kawiracer14
09-20-2013, 15:26
Got in on a Groupon for a half-price, two-hour. ride on a Segway. Groupon is expired now, was $30 each.
http://rockytopglide.com/
(http://rockytopglide.com/)
Wifey and I took the ride this morning and had a great time.
They give you a dorky looking, good, half-helmet and twenty minutes instruction then lead you all over LoDo and down to Coors Field and numerous parks in Denver...about six or seven miles. We were lucky as we were the only ones signed up for this morning run so it was just us and the instructor/guide.
The first couple blocks on this $6K machine were a little tentative, but after that you learn to relax. It's different than anything you've ever done and there is nothing really 'natural' about it, but it comes quickly.
You go forward and back with forward or back weight shift on your feet. They actually will back up. The T-handle steering bar doesn't really turn like a scooter, you lean the bar in the direction you want to go. It can actually spin about in place when stopped if you're so inclined or just want to show off. They go up and down ramps effortlessly, stairs not recommended.
They'll go 13 MPH and can accelerate quite briskly if you want to. They stop quickly if you really rear back on it. When you are stopped without dismounting you kind of 'hover' in place.
It was really enjoyable, if you get a chance try it out.
I believe the quote is "Doin a fat chick is kind of like riding a scooter - fun to do, but not in front of your friends." Replace scooter with segway.
I rode the Golf specific Segway one time. It has a rack for your golf bag and special turf tires. It sure climbed hills and such better than any golf cart I've driven. It also goes through bunkers great!
wctriumph
09-20-2013, 17:16
A friend of mine was a rep for Segway and all the rep's were getting ready to head to big sales meeting and the owner called every one of them the day before and fired all of them that day and took the company in a different direction even though they were posting record sales. My friend still owns one but works for Royal Enfield now.
didn't the guy who invented it, ride off a cliff in one of them???? Just sayin....
nope, he's still around https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Kamen
whitbaby
09-20-2013, 18:32
didn't the guy who invented it, ride off a cliff in one of them???? Just sayin....
According to our guide, I wasn't the inventor, Kaman, it was the guy who bought his company, Jimi Heselden.
Evidence suggested he was hit in the back of the head before he went over the cliff.
There was a lot of talk that the guy's wife did him in, but she got off and gobs of $$
gnihcraes
09-20-2013, 20:29
I just wish insurance companies would consider them DME Durable Medical Equipment, so those who need them could get a little benefit to purchase them. I'm going to get a 4 wheel scooter just because that's all insurance will recognize. sucks. Haven't scraped up $6k myself to purchase one. Used ones are $4500, but then the batteries at $1500 if they go south on ya quickly.
Great-Kazoo
09-20-2013, 23:36
I just wish insurance companies would consider them DME Durable Medical Equipment, so those who need them could get a little benefit to purchase them. I'm going to get a 4 wheel scooter just because that's all insurance will recognize. sucks. Haven't scraped up $6k myself to purchase one. Used ones are $4500, but then the batteries at $1500 if they go south on ya quickly.
AMEN to that. Having / affording one would eliminate a few issues for me.
gnihcraes
09-21-2013, 08:17
AMEN to that. Having / affording one would eliminate a few issues for me.
My neurologist told me a year ago, "No Problem on writing paperwork that you require a segway" and the next time I asked, he said no. He likes the segways for some folks because it keeps them from sitting so much, since you stand on the segway. Like for MS patients. Not sure exactly why he's changed his mind. O'well. I'm still pushing.
I'll probably mastercard one someday, for now I'm applying for a scooter. Don't want to, but that's about all everyone will support/pay for.
Jeffrey Lebowski
09-21-2013, 09:12
Any "Arrested Development" fans here?
Every time I see a segway, I think of Job and [ROFL1]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq7xTr8bnoU
Edit: As such, I have long wanted to try one out.
funkymonkey1111
09-21-2013, 09:38
i took a segway tour of Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay. I really enjoyed it--they are fun, and the tour was a blast. i've also seen the Estes Park police use them directing traffic when the elk are drawing the crowds
whitbaby
09-21-2013, 09:51
I just wish insurance companies would consider them DME Durable Medical Equipment, so those who need them could get a little benefit to purchase them. I'm going to get a 4 wheel scooter just because that's all insurance will recognize. sucks. Haven't scraped up $6k myself to purchase one. Used ones are $4500, but then the batteries at $1500 if they go south on ya quickly.
I hear what you're saying, but they really aren't very practical. You can't carry much unless you have a backpack, and you're completely exposed to the elements all the time. There's no lighting of any kind, and you can't negotiate curbs.
Our tour was two hours and about half way into it our knees were aching from standing and not being able to move around, feet and ankles too. You can flex around somewhat but still have the weight on your lowers.
We did stop for some bench time in a park...that helped. (We're in our 70's)
Towards the end of the tour it was lunch time and the streets/sidewalks became quite crowded. Harder to move among crowds than on foot, then there were the folks that would stand right in front of you to get a better view of the Segway and, understandably, asking a lot of questions and wanting to ride it while you're trying to get where you're going.
I've seen them used by mall security types, couriers, EMT's and street cops and they're probably quite good for that as they will transport you to somewhere in a hurry in the right environment. But as far as an individual having one it's more of a novelty. A fun, limited, novelty but a pretty pricey one.
It was most enjoyable and we're glad we did it, and might even do it again... but we have no desire to own one.
Any "Arrested Development" fans here?
Every time I see a segway, I think of Job and [ROFL1]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq7xTr8bnoU
Edit: As such, I have long wanted to try one out.
Your post and username officially make us best friends.
gnihcraes
09-21-2013, 21:34
I hear what you're saying, but they really aren't very practical. You can't carry much unless you have a backpack, and you're completely exposed to the elements all the time. There's no lighting of any kind, and you can't negotiate curbs.
Our tour was two hours and about half way into it our knees were aching from standing and not being able to move around, feet and ankles too. You can flex around somewhat but still have the weight on your lowers.
We did stop for some bench time in a park...that helped. (We're in our 70's)
Towards the end of the tour it was lunch time and the streets/sidewalks became quite crowded. Harder to move among crowds than on foot, then there were the folks that would stand right in front of you to get a better view of the Segway and, understandably, asking a lot of questions and wanting to ride it while you're trying to get where you're going.
I've seen them used by mall security types, couriers, EMT's and street cops and they're probably quite good for that as they will transport you to somewhere in a hurry in the right environment. But as far as an individual having one it's more of a novelty. A fun, limited, novelty but a pretty pricey one.
It was most enjoyable and we're glad we did it, and might even do it again... but we have no desire to own one.
Understand, but being in a working environment that requires I walk multiple blocks and back again, over and over, a segway would be a tremendous help. (i'm partially disabled, is the best way to say it)
I did another tour a year ago in Vegas, spent a couple hours on it, and was also glad for the rest breaks. But really, if I were sitting on a little scooter going 2 mph, I wouldn't have covered much ground, and would require to get up from sitting the whole time. Catch 22.
By noon the crowds were hitting the strip and we just pushed our way through. Excuse me coming through, people just moved out of the way and we glided on our way.
Segway is much better in the snow too, which the scooter will not be.
I'm 46 and in pain 24x7. I can walk, for a while, I push through it. Then I'm screwed for pretty much the rest of the day, sometimes 2 days if it was a long walk. (1 mile or less)
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/central_pain/central_pain.htm
So I'm applying for the scooter, will buy a segway myself someday.
tmleadr03
09-21-2013, 22:28
Snow you say? http://www.actiontrackchair.com/
Oh man, you better have one heck of a bug out bag if your action chair battery takes a dump on you while out hunting...
tmleadr03
09-22-2013, 06:25
Oh man, you better have one heck of a bug out bag if your action chair battery takes a dump on you while out hunting...
Six mile range is a bit meh.
gnihcraes
09-22-2013, 08:52
Snow you say? http://www.actiontrackchair.com/
Too slow for me. :) Also would leave too many marks on carpets and terrazzo floors. :(
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