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Comin' In on a Wheel and a Prayer [Segway competition?]
Wired ^ | Nov. 29, 2003 | Kari L. Dean

Posted on 12/01/2003 10:53:20 AM PST by aculeus

Edited on 06/29/2004 7:10:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Bombardier, maker of planes, trains and water mobiles, forged a new way to battle wet and heavy terrain when it introduced the first snowmobile in 1942. Sixty-one years later, the transport manufacturer is again out to re-invent personal travel, this time on dry ground and congested city streets -- and on one wheel.


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KEYWORDS: segway
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To: egarvue
What no seat belts?
Airbags?
21 posted on 12/01/2003 11:23:49 AM PST by LuigiBasco
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To: aculeus
It at least looks cool.

kAcknor Sez: You got that right. Beats the heck out of the Segway for cool!

This has the look of a motorcycle, and in that would inspire people to buy and use it. It would go well with leather and full face helmets, while Segway brings forth the very essence of 'Geek' in a bicycle helmet and elbow pads. :)

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22 posted on 12/01/2003 11:25:40 AM PST by kAcknor
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To: egarvue
I want one! Looks like a hoot! Half a motorcycle...

As long as it doesn't operate like the one on South Park...

23 posted on 12/01/2003 11:31:29 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (Go Fast, Turn Left!)
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To: aculeus
Far too cool to not give it a bump....


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24 posted on 12/01/2003 12:19:56 PM PST by kAcknor
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To: IYAS9YAS
LOL! That's the first thing I thought of. I was glad to see that the seat had no...projections :-)
25 posted on 12/01/2003 12:23:02 PM PST by egarvue (Martin Sheen is not my president...)
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To: egarvue
The funniest part was at the end of the show when the guy said there were handles on the side that operated it in the same manner as his "projections".
26 posted on 12/01/2003 12:39:07 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (Go Fast, Turn Left!)
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To: sourcery; Ernest_at_the_Beach
ping
27 posted on 12/01/2003 1:11:01 PM PST by Libertarianize the GOP (Ideas have consequences)
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