Kilted on a Segway??

**Colin** · 18th August 06, 08:31 AM

Ah yes the Segway the "new walking". Never been on one and I don't really want to. They do rent them at the zoo, but I prefer to walk with the kids.

**cessna152towser** · 18th August 06, 08:35 AM

Well, segway was a new word which I had to look up on Wilkipedia. Never even seen one of those, let alone someone riding one kilted. Looks like the latest toy which will find its way across the Atlantic eventually. How does it balance? The scientific principle of leverage suggests that it would need a very heavy motor underhanging below the axle to counterbalance the weight and height of the person standing on it.

**bubba** · 18th August 06, 08:45 AM

It uses computer controlled gyros to balance.

**Mattg** · 18th August 06, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by Colin

Ah yes the Segway the "new walking". Never been on one and I don't really want to. They do rent them at the zoo, but I prefer to walk with the kids.

You can rent a Segway at the zoo? doesn't that kinda spoil the fun of walking around enjoying "nature" and lack of motorized vehicles?

**Colin** · 18th August 06, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by Mattg

You can rent a Segway at the zoo? doesn't that kinda spoil the fun of walking around enjoying "nature" and lack of motorized vehicles?

exactly.

**cavscout** · 18th August 06, 09:17 AM

The meter readers in our area use them.

They park the big truck in a central area then unload the segway to go house to house reading the meter.

My wife told me she looked out the window and the reader drove it into our yard to within 50 feet of the meter and then used binoculars to read the meter at a distance.

On one hand I commend the "efficiency", on the other "give me a break"

**morrison** · 18th August 06, 09:21 AM

I live exactly three blocks away from the Seattle Segway dealer. The thing is exceptionally economical and clean. They're most easily manueverable and I think I'll throw on My Wallace SWK and go give another test ride!
rsl

**Mattg** · 18th August 06, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by cavscout

The meter readers in our area use them.

They park the big truck in a central area then unload the segway to go house to house reading the meter.

My wife told me she looked out the window and the reader drove it into our yard to within 50 feet of the meter and then used binoculars to read the meter at a distance.

On one hand I commend the "efficiency", on the other "give me a break"

Efficiency, or lazy? Hard to tell