Segway's expansion on course

Foster's Online ^ | Saturday, January 29, 2005 | ERIK STETSON

[martin_fierro]

Europe is become a key new market for Segway LLC, with a pilot project underway to tie the self-balancing, two-wheeled devices into France´s mass-transportation system and sales picking up, particularly in Italy.

Segway : Motorcycle

Manpurse : Wallet

[LibFreeOrDie]

"...sales picking up, particularly in Italy."

What Italian would choose a Segway over a Vespa? Vespas are sexy, Segways are dorky.

[kipita]

He said European cities, which were designed before cars, also are more Segway friendly. Cars and related expenses such as gas and parking are more expensive there as well, he added.

Think $6.00 a gallon and don't even try to drive "downtown".

[Servant of the 9]

Has anyone seen one of these things actually being used, as opposed to being demonstrated?

So9

[Bosco]

I wonder when the Islamofascists will start using Segways to deliver suicide bombs in Europe. Even back of the envelope calculations show that they could deliver more suicide bombs at a lower cost to higher concentrations of... you get the point.

[UltraKonservativen]

..."It's a totally different transportation environment," he said. "You just don't drive...

You got that right = Streets too narrow, no parking, High gas, can't get there from here, cars too expensive, house too small to own anything...
I like my SUV.

[js1138]

Vespas are sexy, Segways are dorky.

That would depend on whether you are watching or driving.

[Dave_in_Upland]

If an extra group of four golfers paying $100 each can finish the course each hour, he said, a course could make roughly $4,000 more each day.

It should be fairly obvious to most that a course earning $100 an hour more per day would need 40 hour days to make an additional $4000. If the reporter is this dense and the PR hack is that stupid I am glad that I haven't invested my money in either company.

[xm177e2]

It feels like we're constantly on back order

If I was running a company, I would want management who knows whether or not we're constantly on back order, not whether or not he feels like it.

[TexasTransplant]

Beat me to it, I have yet to even see one of these things.

All of the Mini Motercycles, Motorized scooters, everything else that is "NEW" and not one Christmas Segway.

More Hype than substance (IMHO)

[Woodworker]

If a user fell off a Segway, it seems the user would sustain injuries akin to those from a fall off a skateboard. Is this a potential bonanza for trial lawyers if Segways really become popular?

[Blue Screen of Death]

Vespas are sexy, Segways are dorky.

Yes. I remember a number of fine looking Roman women riding sidesaddle on Vespas. The Italian designers made the little Vespa to highlight fine legs.

[rogers21774]

If an extra group of four golfers paying $100 each can finish the course each hour, he said, a course could make roughly $4,000 more each day.

It should be fairly obvious to most that a course earning $100 an hour more per day would need 40 hour days to make an additional $4000. If the reporter is this dense and the PR hack is that stupid I am glad that I haven't invested my money in either company.

Four extra golfers per hour, at $100 for each golfer = $400 more per hour. Assuming a 10 hour golf day, that's $4,000

...btw, $100 for a round of golf? Are you serious?

[Tribune7]

That's good news.

[Tribune7]

Is this a potential bonanza for trial lawyers if Segways really become popular?

Not in Europe.

[Steven Scharf]

[I]Has anyone seen one of these things actually being used, as opposed to being demonstrated?[/I]

I rode one in October at a meeting we had in Portland Maine about some issues surrounding the Segaways operating in some of the paved trails around the city.

[tet68]

When they come up with a 500cc. model, let me know.

[thackney]

...btw, $100 for a round of golf? Are you serious?

I think they mean profit of $100 including average sales of beverages and the like for a 4-some.

[Klatuu]

Has anyone seen one of these things actually being used, as opposed to being demonstrated?

I saw some footage of President Bush zipping around on one at his ranch ... until he took a spill.