From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Thu Nov 14 2002 - 20:33:27 MST
Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
> Spike wrote:
>
>>Those two-wheeled segway things that Dean Kaman
>>invented would be a great fun to race, eh?...
>
> Given the stupid things people manage to do with completely
> unpowered skateboards you can hardly imagine the grief they
> would cause themselves and others with a souped up segway. Robert
Roger that, I meant race them on a track. Im not
a strong believer that the segway is practical
transportation for the city anyway. The most obvious
problem is the inability to stop hard, which is an
inherent problem with any parallel two wheel arrangement.
But it looks like a fun thing to watch a bunch of
silly proles racing the things, especially if we work
out the wearable airbag idea. I could even imagine
gladiator style segway racing in an arena, or women's
leagues like roller derby where they intentionally try
to knock each other off their wheels, perhaps while
wearing wacky costumes as in American rassling. spike
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